The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-15
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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several Measures OF Public lrtc.,, r,,
h"pstS OF the rrocccGin.s.
The thild week of the session of ~,
Legislature was full Of Important work
eio will be found a synopsis Of III,
proceedings.
senate.
Tho following new bills wore intro.
duced: Blll amending The charter of thc
Town OF Chester; relating to the INV.
Iich1 OF witnesses IN criminal eases II,
La,caStcr county; allowing Probate
Judges to perform the duties OF thn
supervisor OF registration.
Bill to charter the Bank of Gr,,nv,,l
amending the priority lien lpu. inimi
resolution to amend the Cousti,Yti.n Iv
striking out Section - Of ArEiclr . i,
reference to homestead; to rcsi,latc. tbr
sale OF seed cotton and unpackc1 I'M
: COTTON III Abbcrlilc county; bill to rcruirc
assignceS to give 'onds: fo nadia tIo
superintendent and directors OF the rcni-
tentiary to make contracts for work in
this State. -
On motion of Senator Murray q con.
current resolution was adoptcd and srnt
to the House fixing the tinc for cIcctino.
a Judge to the Third Circuit nj one
O'Clock on the 9th inst. Tho election
was duly i"l1, and tho Hon. L. Il.
fraser, incumbent, was reelected with.
OF opposition.
Inc Senate agreed to tho House con.
current resolution rs to the printing of
the reports of the State Boari Of Health.
SECOND |EEtDt%o.
Bill to repeal the Act regulating thn
admission Of foreign sucty camn1nics.
bill providing for The repair OF ihG Bcan.'
fort Arsenal; House concurrent rcsoir.
ton requesting Senators and N,prcscn.
tativcs to support the bill providing for
agricultural experiment stations.
When the House bill came up author
lHing the iorcmcn of grand iur.Cs to adj.
munster oathh to witnesses, Senator
Bulst moved to strike out the rnnctinr
clause. lie made u vigorous epcccI
against the proposition as II dangerous
innovation.
Senator Woodward said that the lnw
was a necessity not n luxury. 1t came
high and there was complaint ubout if
II ought to be simpliicd. but he WINS
afraid the legal gentlemen didn't want il
to be simpliiicd. lie knew ta,t if he
were IL lawyer he would object o making
law matters easy Of understanding. He
believed that simplihcution could go
farther. All this tomfoolcry il the long
indictmontsabout lischurginB one loalon
bullet aforesaid, laughter, ought to be
done away with. He was Curious TO
know how much The rcnGimH Of this
rlgmarole had cost the State III her his
tory.
Senator Patterson thought thcr1 was
good reason for the present practice and
that 1t should not he changed.
On Senator BUlst'8 motion the vote
stood: cas- Icm@Dn, Drist, t!cmphill,
Howell, Kennedy, McAlas5cr, Noise,
Monroe, Patterson, Icynoids, Williams
and Ioumana--l2. Nays .NoNander,
Austin, Fyrd, Erwin, tie!', IHlar,
Moody, Moore, Murray, Sigh, Smith,
Smythc, Nln&ard, Woodward and
WoitorI-lo
The bill then passed without Il di-
vision.
The House bill reducing the salary Of
the Lieutenant Governor brought Scna-
tor McAlastcr to his feet. He moved to
strike out the cnactng words, but did
not speak.
Senator Woodward was III doubt and
wanted information.
Senator Patterson could see no reason
made by the Lieutenant Governor for
the extra salary of $l,UUO, which it was
proposed to cut of. If there was to be
reform anywhere it ought to begin here.
Senator Field thought the salaries
paid some of our State officers amounted
TO Practlcal l.oIotry' me state was on
tho verge OF famine and this useless OK
pcnditurc ought to be cut OFF.
Senator Sigh agreed with these views.
Senator McMastcr said that he had
made his motion on the general PROPOSE
ton that salaries ought not to be re-
duccd; Salaries in this state were small
enough already. Inc salary OF me once
should be commensurate with ITS dl8nl.
ty. Poor pay meant poor preach. If
the salaries were cut down, 1t would
bring into office a class Of i~mPecunious,
one-horso men or cave the oh'ces TO The
rich.
Senator Woodward did not object to a
reduction OF salaries, but ne dld not