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


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THE MEASURES CONSIDERED IN THE
. FOURTH WEEK OF THE SESSION.
? Both Houses Get DOwnrto Hard Work.
/ What Was Done and What Was Left
Undone.
. Senate.
The following new bills Wore intro
duced:
Bill relating to agri cultural contracts
and presiding punishment for inter
ferring with such contracts; to reduce
taxed costs in certain cases; to amend
Section 2,460, General Statutes, rolatlng
to the criminal law; to regulate tho rate
of interest upon loans; establishing a
college of agriculture and the mechanic
arts, and to devolve the duties OF the de-
partment of agriculture upon It's board
of directors; relating to the collection OF
DELINQUENT taxes; authorizing the refund
ton listed for taxation in 1886 from the
crop of 1885; to amend Section l Of an
Act to change the time of listing prop
erty for taxation; relating to actions for
the recovery of real property; relating
to the maintenance of bastard children;
providing for the admission of deaf mutes
and tho blind to the South Carolina In
stitute for the Education Of the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind; bill amending the
charter of the town of Brlnson.
AUDITORS AND TREAsURERs.
Tho bill to require the Governor to
appoint one and tho same person to the
office of county treasurer and county
auditor, and to provide salaries for the
same in each county, came up as un-
finished business. Senator Howell led
IN attack upon it, and the chief burden
of its defence fell upon Senator Patter-
son.
On Senator Moodys motion to i
definitely postpone the unfavorable re-
port of the committee the vote resulted
Yeas-Senators Alexander, Austin,
Byrd, Edwards, Erwin, Field, Moody,
Murray, Patterson, Sigh, Smith, Tai
bert, Williams, Wingard and Wofford
-15.
Nays-Senators Bell, Biemann, Black,
Crews, Howell, Kennedy, McAInster,
Noise, Munro, Reynolds, Rhame, Sink
lcr, Smythe and Youmans-l4.
Senator Moody's bill to require the
Governor TO appoint one and the same
person to the office Of county treasurer
and county auditor, and to provide sala-
RES for the same i'll each county, of
course provoked Il fight. 1t had been
nnfavorably reported. Senator Moody
moved to table the report and take up
the bill. A general discussion ensued,
which was suspended by the considcn-
lion OF the first special order for the
day, and the bill was afterwards post
poned till the session of 1887.
THE COLUMBIA CANA1.
There was quite fight over the CO.
iumbia Canal BILL which was the special
order for the 18th inst. Without obiec-
ton Senator McMaster secured the
adoption Of amendments allowing the
whole appropriation of $4,000 to be
drawn from the State treasury and re-
funded ont of the surplus earnings of the
penitentiary.
Senator Sigh offered an amendment
providing that tho penitentiary authCri-
ties build q check dam ut thc present
head of the Canal to preserve the work
from injury by freshets; that the City of
Columbia have the option until May l, |
1887, OF accepting tho States interest in
the Canal; that the State grant to the
city one hundred convicts for the period
OF three years, the city to pay for the
food, clothes, guards, &C., required by
them, provided the city give bond to
supply the pcnitcnhary with 500-horse
power on the completion Of the Canal, |
and further assume the States liability
for furnishing Col. S. a. Pcarce the !
5OO-horse power due him by contract
upon the completion of the Canal.
Senator Byrd moved to table this |
amendment. The vote resulted:
Yeas-Senators Bell, Byrd, Erwin,
Field, Howell, Izlar, Mccall, McNIaster,
Noise, Moore, Murray, Patterson, Rev
nolds, Smith, Smytho,, Williams, Win |
gard, Woodward and Youmans-l9.
Nays-Senators Austin, Biemann,
Black, Crews, Edwards, Hemphill, Ken
nedy, Moody, Munro, Sllgh, Talbert and
Wotford-12. -
Senator Sigh next offered an amend
ment providing for the connection Of the
old and new canals at cost Of SIS, 600,
with a view simply to furnishing water
power to the penitentiary.
Senator Byrd moved to table Adopted
by vote of l8 to l3. The only change
from the preceding vote was that Soma
tor Erwin voted "nO."
Senator Sigh next moved to strike out
the appropriation of $l2, 900 and insert
one of $25,000.
Senator Howell moved to table Car
ried without division.
After further debate Senator Talbert
moved to strike out the enacting clause
of the bill. Senator Murray moved to
table.
Yeas-Senators Bell, Byrd, Field,
Howell, Izlar, Mccall, McMaster, Noise,
Moore, Murray, Patterson, Reynolds,
smith, Smythe, Williams, Wingard,
woodward and Youmans-18.
Nays-Senators Austin, Biemann,
Black, Crews, Edwards. Erwin, Hemp
9il, e Kennedy, Moody, Munro, Rhame,
SH8h, Ialbert and Wofford-lI.
senator Taldert then moved to dis
opdegg onaego for En9 bill and make it the special
% to 8. ~ Vo'e u
The bill then passed without q division
insa aPPFGRT"tss df tho benCn4ath tF0% the surplus
prosecution of the Sgnrig rnl, Trnl,oCo - Aof GLe