The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-12
THE LEGISL AZURE.
The Work of the Past Week-Bils Accu
mulatinG-So New Bills to be Intro
duced After To-day.

The work Of the Legislature the past
week has largely been taken uD in
bringing forward new legislation. The
correspondent of the News & Courier
writing from Columbia, under date of
9th instant, says Of the work before the
Legislature:
THE Calendar Of the House is we'll
nigh as long as Boston birthday cal
endar, and not halfas interesting. This
morning it was bulky pamphlet of 81
RACES, and contained the titles of 27l
bills, resolutions and claims. Naturally,
the sight of it alarmed the House, and
an effort was made to reduce its bulk
by passing over all disputed measures,
ard giving reading to those which
were unquestioned. a resolution was
adopted providing that no bills be in
troduced into the house after the 18th
instant, except by the committees on
ways and means, judiciary, and privil-
eges and electiOns.n
Most of the me. sures before the
Legislature are of a local nature. This
is ar evil which seems to be growing
among our lawmakers There is en-
tirely too much legislation of all kinds
in South Carolina and especially are
there too many bills brought before the
Legislature of purely local nature
The trouble is TOO many Of our law
makers 90 to Columbia with bills of a
local nature, as some one has said,
which means more to them than some
are wont to believe.
Several bills have been introduced to
amend the law in regard to working
the public roads. Among them is a bill
to provide for working of the convicts
upon the public roads.
\ BILL TO REFUND III, STATE DEBT.
Mr. Haskell introduced Till to carry
out the suggestions of Governor
Richardson and State Treasurer McIver
as to the refunding of the brown consol
bonds and stocks. 1t was prepared
under the direction Of the State Treas
urer and is entitled "a bill to provide
for the redemption Of that part of the
State debt known as the brown consol
bonds and stocks by the is of other
bonds and stocks"
1t requires the State Treasurer to re-
ceive from the holders who shall sur
render them before July 1st, 1893, all
brown conSol stocks and bonds, and
issue in exchange therefor an equal
amount Of new coupon bonds and
stocks. and pay to the holders in cash
the difference in interest," per cent
from the date OF exchange up to the
date of maturity OF the brown bonds
and stocks. Any balance of new bonds
remaining uneNchangcd january 1st,
1885. shall be sold tothc highest bidder,
but at not less than 81 cents on the
dollar. Provision is made for the ad.
vertisemcnt of the terms of the Act in
Greenviiic, Columbia, Charleston, ana
New York. The new bonds are to run
for fifty Years and bear interest at per
cent. In addition to the faith and
credit of the State, the phosphate royal
ty is pledged '1~ the payment of the
interest and t. create 4 surplus for the
redemption Of the bonds. An appro-
priation OF ten thousand dollars is made
to defray the expenses of the issue and
exchange. The bonds and stocks are
made free from all state, county and
municipal taxes.
The election Of Judges for the first
and fifth Circuits is fixed for Wednes-
day, 18th inst. There are now two
candidates f. III The first Circuit, Gen.
JAS. +. lzlar, Of Orangebu:g, and Col.
J. +. Flicker, "t tllarlc>tcn. No new
cn:s rs yet from the fifth Circnit.
THE CLEMSON COLLEGE.
\ hill f.r tie establishment an.;
maintenance Of the Clemson College
was introduced last Friday. We give