The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-22

towns OF more than that number of IN
habitants. As near us could be gathered
the following special salaries were named
Williamsburg, S25 per annum; Orange,
, burg city, two justices. $40 each; 81
Matthews, $50: Edgetield town, $50
Horny, town of Conway, $50; town OF
Sumter, 500: town Of Plantersville,
Georgetown county, Sl25: town of Ian
caster, 500; outside the town, S35:
Grccnville city, two justices, Sl23 each.
Reforming cGCSTY sHEEIE!,S.
! Among the bills which have Eeen or
dered to be engrossed by the House are
two which arc especially interesting to
county slle1i1l$. The first IS Z bill car
IyinG out Governor Sheppard's recon-
mendation in reference to the tra1spor-
tation of convicts from the various coun-
! tv iails 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 q proper guard to take charge of
the prisoners and convey them to the
/ peniteIltiary without cost to the colln-
! 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 pr!etible, and the taxpayers of the
counties will net be called upon to pay
from $50 to $50 to transport each con-
vict to the penitentiary.
The other bill is one to fix the fec for
dieting prisoners in the county Jail. The
bill is very short. It's provisions are
simply ti.a5 ''ou and after the passage Of
this Act The fee for dieting prisoners in
county jails shall be 25 cents per day
Both these bills we're passed few mo-
mea!s before midnight. Next morning
Nj. J. Frost Walker moved to recon
slider the vote whereby the bill was or
dered to Ice cngrosscd. Mr.. McHugh,
OF Charleston, made. speech in favor Of
the motion to reconsider. 1T must be
remembered. he argued, that the sheliff"s
officer was paid solely by fees. The fe,
We're fixed not only to reimburse him
for the expenses incurred, but also to
provide him With remuneration for the
discharge Of his duties. It seemed to
him that there had been too much re-
forming OF the office OF sheriff. Tie
bill passed just before this !ia,: taken
away one OF the most profitable sources
OF the incomes Of fLeritls-he meant the
bill to provide for the transportation of
convicts 10 the penitentiary These two
i,ills, he said, would together take away
one-third OF the incomes OF the sherihS
he proposed reconsideration IL order
to amend the bill by making the fee 80
cents.
Mr. lliller, 0: Beaufort, sad il the
House :econsidcrcd its action cf the
previous night night sessions would not
be worth one cent.
After some further discussion the mo-
tion to reconsider was tabled byaa over
wAelming majority.
THE COLUMBIA CANAL
The Senate bill appropriating ;;l2, 900
for the Columbia Canal caused Il long
debate in the House. Finally ;hc en-
acting clause was stricken out by she
following vote:
Ieas-Messrs. Ancruni, :insel, Archer,
AustelI, Barley. Darmore, Beard, Big
ham, Back, Boozer, Brawley, Brown,
Browning. Byrd, Cain, Chalmers, Cleve-
land, Connors, Daniels, Dantzlcr, Da.
vcnport, Dean, Drake, DuBose, Dukes,
EasIey, Evans, Fox, Gary, G..es&, Ham
ilton, OF York, Hamilton, OF Chester,
Hickman, Hill, Hough, Hyde, Irby,
Johnston, Jones, Jordan, keitt, King,
League. Mars, Mason, NIcCintoc!i, Nc
Daniel, Nckissick, Miller, OF Lancaster,
Minis, Moses, Norton. O'Bryan, Puri-
foy, Prinsle, Raysor, Ready, Robinson,
Rue, Sally. SarTatt, Shaffer, Shaw,
Simpson, Staniand, Stewart, Thomas, of
Union, Toale, Walker. Washington,
Wharton, Wilson, of York, Wi1nberly,
Wyie, YouDg-75.
Nays-Speaker Si1lons and Messrs
Abney. Aldrich, Baxter, Blackwell,
B:ice, Brooler, Burke, CappIenan, Cau-
sey, Chandler, Cobb. Douglass. Earle,
Ficken, Graham, Harper, HEdgcns,
Hutson, hcrshaw, Law.on, Lesesne,
Lee, Maher, Mears, McHugh, Miller, of
Georgetown, Miller, Of Beaufort,
ORrien, Padgett, Plowden, Rankin,
Kl!tland, Seegers, Thomas, of Richland,
Turner, Walker-377.
Mr. Ansei 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 Il, nays 81.
THE APPROPRIATIONS.
When tie appropriation bill came up
;here was fight over tie item Of Sl4,-
600 for the militia. Onamotion to strike
out this item, the vote stood 56 to 80.
Subsequently the vote was reconsidered,
and, the item was reduced to Sl3, 0G0 and
passed IL tits shape. The appropriation
OF so, 600 for tue Citadel caused some
debate, but was adopted by vote Of IS IS
to IL The bill was then passed as
whole
When the bill ior the payment of the
members officers and attaches Of the
General Assembly cameup, Nj Rgham,
OF Marion. moved tc red;:ce the pay OF
the ClcrL 0: the Senate from 81 900 to
$500, and the pay OF the Assistant Clerk
from 800 to $40. Both propositions
were rejected. Tie bill was then passed.
NEW BIL!.S.
Bill TO allow warrants and other pro-
cesses iSsurd by municipal authorities to
be executed OF served outside corporate
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