The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-12-23

| oontlo VI luoIo tlldn IuaG nuICD Der OF III
habitants. AS near as could be gathered
| the following special Salaries we're named
williamsburg, $25 per cnnum; Orange
burg city, two Justices, $175 each; st
Matthews, $3.50; Edgetield town, $3.50;
Horny, town of Conway, $50; town of
Sumter, $500; town of Plantersville,
Georgetown county, 1925; town Of Ian
caster, 5000; outside the town, $35;
Greenville city, two justices, 1925 each.
REFORMING COUNTY SHERIFrS.
Among the bills which have been or
dcred to be engrOsscd by the House are
two which are especially interesting to
county sheritfs. The first is a bill car
ryin8 out Governor Shcppard's recon-
mendation in reference to the transport
tation of convicts from the various coun-
ty jails to the penitentiary. The bill
provides that the clerks of Courts in the
various counties shall immediately at
the close of each term Of the Court of
Sessions notify the superintendent of
the penitentiary Of The number of pris.
oners sentenced to the penitentiary, and
the superintendent is directed forthwith
to send proper guard to take charge of
the prisoners and convey them to the
ponltcntlary without cost to the coun-
ty." Under this bill, should it pass the
Senate, such little excursions as that
which visited Columbia two weeks ago
from one of the eastern counties will not
be prnctiblc, and the taxpayers of the
counties will not be called upon to pay
from $50 to $50 to transport each con
wet to the penitentiary.
n The other bill is one to fix the fee for
dieting prisoners in the county Jail. The
bill is very short. It's provisions are
SIMPLY that con and after the passage of
tins Act the fec for dieting prisoners in
county jaiIs shall be % cents per day."
Both these bills were passed q few mo-
mcnts before midnight. Next morning
MI. y. Frost Walker moved to recon
slider the vote whereby the bill was or
dorcd to be cngrossed. Mr.. McHugh,
OF Charleston, made Il speech in favor of
the motion to reconsider. 1t must be
remembered, ho argued, that the sherifrs
oiiicc had no salary attuched to it. That
officer was paid solely by fees. The fees
were fixed not only to reimburse him
lor the expenses incurred, but also to
provide him with remuneration for the
discharge of his duties. 1t seemed to
him that there had been too much re-
forming of the ot1ioe of sheriff. The
bill passed just before this had taken
away one of the most profitable sources
OF the incomes of fheriffs-he meant the
bill to provide for the transportation of
convlcts to the penitcntiary. These two
bills, he said, would together take away
onc-third of the incomes of the sheriifS.
lie proposed reconsideration in order
to amend the bill by making the fee 30
cents
Mr. Miller, of Beaufort, said il tho
House rcconsidcred it's action of the
previous night night sessions would not
be worth one cent.
After some further discussion the mo-
ton TO reconsider was tabled by an over
Whelming majority.
THE COLUMBIA CANAL
The Senate bill appropriating Sl2, 900
Tor the Columbia Canal caused n long
debate III tho House. Finally the en-
acting clause vas stricken out by the
following vote:
Icas-NlCSsrs. Ancrum, Ansel, Archer
Austell, Barliley, Barmoro, Beard, Big,
ham, Bpck, Boozer, Brawlcy, Brown,
Browning, Byrd, Cain, Chalmers, Clovc-
land, Connors, Daniels, Dantzlcr DE-. .
yenport, Dean, Drake, DuBosc, Dukes,
Easley, Evans, Fox, Gary, Guess, Ham
llton, of York, Hamilton, of Chester,
Hickman, Hill, Hough, Hyde, Irby,
Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Keitt, King,
League. Mars Mason, McClintock, Nc
Daniel, McKissick, Miller, of Lancaster,
Minis, Moses, Norton, O'Bryan, Puri-
foy, Pringlc, Raysor, Ready, Robinson.
Rue, Sally, Sarratt, Shaifer, Shaw,
Simpson, Stanland, Stewart Thomas. Of
Union, Toalc, Walker, WASHINGTON,
Wharton, Wilson, of York, Wimbcrly,
Wylie, Young-75.
,Nays-SpealIer Simons and AIessrs.
Abney, Aldrich, Baxter, Blackwell,
Bncee, Brookor, Burke, Cappleman, eau
sseey, Chandler, Cobb, Douglass, Earle,
L1ckcn, Graham, Harper, Hudgons,
Hutson, Kershaw, Lawton, Lcsesne,
Lee, Maher, Mears, McHugh, Miller, of
Georgetown, Miller, Of Beaufort,
O'Brien, Padgctt, Plowden, Rankin,
Rutland, Seegers, Thomas, of Richland,
Turner, Walkcr-37.
Mr.. Ansel moved to reconsider the
vote by which the enacting clause was
stricken out, and also moved to lay that
motion on the table. The yeas and nays
were called for and the motion prevailed
yeas "a, nays 81.
Iiib APPROPRIATIONS.
When the appropriation bill camo up
there was fight over the item of Sill
600 for the militia. On motion to strike
out this item, the vote stood 5G to 50.
subsequently the vote was rcconsjdered,
and, the item was reduced to $13, 600 and
passed in this shape The appropriation
OF $50, 900 for the Citadel caused some
dobate, but was adopted by vote of 73
to Al. The bill was then passed as q
whole.
When the bill for the payment of the
members, officers and attaches of the
General Assembly camoup, Mr. Bigham,
OF Marion, moved to reduce the pay Of
the Clerk. of the Senate from 81 900 TO
5000, and the pay of the Assistant Clerk
from $3.50 to $50. Both propositions
were rejected. The bill was then passed.
NEW BILLS.
Bill to allow warrants and other pro-
ccsses issued by municipal authorities to
be executed or served outside corporate
limits; to provide for the compulsory
attendance Of school children from to
IL years of age, who arc not now en-