The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-12-23

tlS county. lie referred 10 the i&llulc
of the efforts to punish Illicit liquor
selling.
The bill was further discussed b.'
Senators Moody of Marion, and Howell
of Colleton, who spoke against it. The
motion to strike ou, the enacting clause
of the bill was-yeas IS, and nays i6.
So the 'ill was killed.
The l~ sus bill passed by the House
came up on the 10th inst. At!cr some
discussion the Senate rejected the bill
by vote of IS to a
When the concurrent resolution rel
alive to Federal aid to education was
reached on the Calendar Senator You
mans moved to strike out the resoiv'
ing words. After brief debate be
tween himself and Senator Blist, the
Senate voted on the question. There
were Il yeas and l9 nays. y motion
to make the resolution special order
for Friday was lost bv vote OF IS tc
10. The resolution was then adopted
yeas Is, nays Is.
a concurrent resolution was passed
and sent to the House providing fol
adjournment on the oath inst.
Senator Smythe'S concurrent resolu-
ton providing for the return to Asher
Palmer of his stoves, &C., which the
Senate refused to pay for, was, after
some discussion defeated by vote Of
10 to ID.
The Columbia Canal bill appropriateS
$4,000 out of the State treasury, tc
be returned from the surplus earnings
of the penitentiary. 1t passed the
Senate by vote of 20 to H.
The bill to compel the charge of s
minimum tuition fee Of $40 in the
South Carolina College, caused some
debate, but was killed by vote IS tc
Is.
a large number Of bills. oflccal OF
limited interest only, were passed tt
their third reading.
The canal bill passed its third read
ing without opposition. Senator j. B
Moore's bill TO make the appropriation
$4,000 oAly, was killed.
The House bin OR. Pope's) to reg
ulate lawyers costs was killed by s
vote of is to Is.
The bill to reduce the Railroad Com
mission to one member, appointed BY
the Governor, WAS passed to its thlrC
reading by vote of rs to {.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The bill to provide for the compile.
ton of the State House was passed tC
its third reading. 1t appropriateS
SS3, 3,641.3S, and provides for the com.
pletion OF tile contemplated work
before the next session OF the General
Assembly.
The bill to provide for the inhiction
of corporal punishment was killed,
The bill to authorize the siuking
fnnd commissioners 10 invest such
portion Of the fund in their posses
sion as they may deem advisable in
the purchase and Improvement OF
lands for the use of the State I,niten-
tiaary was indefinitely postponed.
The Senote amendments to the bill
to utilize the labor of convicts were
agreed to. AS the bill passed the House
prisoners sentenced to one year or
less imprisonment were made liable to
work on public works. The Senate
fixed the term at sixty days.
The ways and means committee OF
the House submitted q report on that
portion of tue Governors message re-
ferring to the lost tax year. The COM
mi;tee suggest that the State treasurer
be authorized to borrow Sl50,000 and
the county treasurars one-third the
amount ieved for county purposes.
They say that in their opinion there
are but two ways in which the deti-
cheney caused by the failure to levy a
tax in 1876 can be supplied. One is
to raise the money the money By extra
taxation, and the other TO amend the
Constitution so as to permit the issuing
Of bonds to cover the amount. hey
cannot recommend this latter proceed
ing. They think that an extra tax of
one half u mill for two years will sup
ply the deficiency. The report was
laid upon the table TO be considered
later in the session.
Gen. HemphilPs bill to apolish free
tuition in the South Carolina College,
caused long and warm debate. Mr.
Simontou moved to strike out the
enacting clause, and spoke in favor OF
free tuition. Messrs. Scudday Of An
derson, Spencer Of Chesterfield, Lyles
of Richland, Aldrich of Aiken, Ray>or
OF Orangeburg, Haskell of Richland,
and Hutson OF Hampton spoke on the
same side. Messrs Hemphill of Alb
beville, Wilson OF Spartarburg, Petit
grew of Darlington, Donaldson and
Ansell of Greenville, and Pope of New
berry, spoke in favor of the bill. The
yeas and nays were called on the notion
to strike out the euacting clause, and
resulted: Yeas so, nays SO. So the
bill WAS killed.
The House adopted a concurrent res
olutiou looking to the purchase by the
State of the old "Star Fort' in Able
vile county, near Ninety>Six. The
secretsry of State has been directed TO
inquire upon what terms the property
can be purchased and to report to the
next session Of the General Assembly.
\ resolution has also been adopted
the Representatives in Con-
gress of the State to secure if possible
a repeal OF the 10 per cent. tax Oil the
circulation Of State banks.
Mr.. Anscl offered Il resolution to
adjourn SINE die on the 23d. Ten
members OBJECTED and the resolution
went over Until the 18th inst. A res
olution was also introduced by Mr..
Chandler providing for a recess from
December % to January 5. This like
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