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


! The bill fixes the license 1T $500, and
makes il a ulisGemcaucr for any one tC
buv seed cotton without having taken
Gu: 4 license.
TIE question Of adjournment was
incidentally discussed in the House
during Thursday morning on a reso!u-
ton trolh the Senaie 10 adjourn sine dix
on the 24ih. y motion was made tC
postpone lie consideration of the rcso
luton uu;iI Monday, and in sup
port OF this it wuS urged that il would
be uuwise tor the General Assembly
to commit i;selfto adjournment at this
time, as il might be possible that d
new ceusrs bil: wonid have to be con-
sidered. Ehe motion was adopted.
The bill 10 provide liquor license
| for Beaufort county was reached OF
Friday. The Prohibitionists were
alert ;ln9 at once moved to strike out
the enacting words. MIR. Simontor
called the previous question, and gave
the Beaufort delegation ali the time
they desired to discuss it. The bill
was killed b. 4 vote of 70 to IS.
The conference committee have
agreed upon compromise OF the differ
enceS between the two houses in refer
ence to the bill to utilize convict labor
in counties, cities and towns. AS the
bill originated in the House it pro.
vided for the utilizing of convicts sch
fenced 70 one year. The Senate made
it sixty days. The compromise agreed
upon is ninety days, and the bill goe'
to the Governor in this shape.
A bill passed to amend Section l,07:
OF the General Statutes, which pro
vides fine and imprisonment for any
person wiltully destroying or damag
ing or obstructing any OF the public
highways. Fine noteXceeding $500 OF
imprisonment not exceeding siz
months.
The bill introduced by Mr. Doug
lass, Of Fairfield, relating to the ap
pointment, powers and duties of tht
board of equalization, was killed.
The appropriation bill contains
feature important to the military. 1
provides that no company shall receive
its proportion Of the $4,000 appro
pria,ion unless it has drilled at leas
once month during the year, will
not less than twenty men IN ranks.
Mr.. Lee, Of Sumter, moved to re
commit the bill with view of getting
in ar amendment appropriating S25,
900 fer the taking of census. Mr.
Lee is the author OF the census bill
which had passed the House ant
which was killed in the Senate.
Mr.. Haskell, the chairman of tht
ways and means committee, stated
that he had submitted the amendment
to the committee. who had by vote
of 5 to refused to recommend 1t. Hc
suggested that the amendment nigh,
be introduced in the Senate.
Mr.. Lee thereupon withdrew the
motion to recommit, and moved tc
reconsider the vote whereby the bill
was passed to third reading. The
motion prevailed and the bill was
again before the House. Mr.. Lees
amendment was accepted, the previous
question was called, the amendment
adopted and the bill again ordered tc
a third reading.
The following bills were rejected
Bill TO amend the act to limit the ages
of pupils attending the free public
schools, approved December {, 1883;
bill to authorize the payment of ex
penses Of the County School Commis,
sioners incurred in attending meetings
called by the State Superintendent OF
Education; bill to relinquish all the
right, title and interest Of the State o1
South Carolina in and to certain real
estate whereof Mary Jane RADON Of
Horny, bastard, died seized, and YES,
the same in certain persons therein
mentioned; bill for distribution Of
school tax money between the swc
races, according to the taxes paid by
each.
MIR. Blues concurrent resolution
looking tc the conversion of the Cita.
del into female institute elected !
short debate. MIR. Haskell offered q
substitute TO the effect that the Com.
lnittce on Education inquire into and
report a plan to provide cor free
college for girls outside the Citadel
Academy. This was agreed to.
THE APPROPRIATIONS.
The House committee of ways and
means reported the bill to make appro-
priations, which contained the follow
my items:
Governor and Licutenant-Governor,
Sl0.650; Secretary Of State, S4,l00;
Comptroller-Genera $3.50; State
Treasurer, S7,l00; Superintendent OF
Education, $1,000; Adjutant and In
spector General (lnilitia), $4,000;
A,tornev-General, 81, $50; State Libra
rian, 81, l,025; State House and grounds,
$1,000; Judiciary department, S56, $50; ;
health department, S12, 100: tax de-
partnent, s94 400; agricultural depart
lnent, $4,000; University, s2l,100;
Citadel, $4,000; penitentiary, Sl09,-
900; lunatic asylum, Ss2,S1O; deaf,
dumb and blind. sl4,23l; Catawba
Indians, $500; miscellaneous, S69, 400 !;
total, S499,735.
70 these figures are to be added the
interest on the public debt, 1891, 1852 !;
the appropriation for the State House,
$4,000, and the Legislative approprla-
ton. Il will be seen that regular
appropriations are made for the peni-
tentiary and the agricultural bureau,
both of which, however, will be self
sustaining. This is in accordance with
the bill recently passed by the House
requiring these departments to pay all
the moneys collected bv them into the