The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-25

y $4,000.
e Mr.. Whitlock moved to lay on tb
J. table, Lost.
i Mr. OBfien moved to substitute 81, 00'
f for IS, 900. Mr.. Hazard accepted th'
Z amendment; and, in this shape, the III
creased appropriation was granted by
: vote of SO to 49.
s 3Ir. John Gary Evans, of Aiken, moved
to strike OUT the appropriation of $4,000
to Cafin University. Lost-99 to g.
Mr. Gary then moved TO reduce the ap-
preparation to $1,000. Tabled-S6 to 10.
, Mr.. Peurifoy. of Edgefeld, moved to
, strike out $32, 500 from the appropriation
for tho schools Of the University, and
substitute $4,000 in place thereof.
Tabled-S6 to 10.
Mr. w. D. Evans moved to strike out
the $4,000 appro priated for the brick
building foI the coiored insane, stating
that be did so in order to make the bill
conform to the action of the House In
passing the joint resolution providing for
a commission to select suitable site for
said building. The amendment was
adopted.
Mr.. Hazard offered an amendment
which wac adopted. appropriating IS, 900
from the penitentiary earnings to erect a
| hospital within the walls of the peuiten-
| tiary.
An amendment was also passed provid-
ing for the payment of salary due Lieu
tenant Governor Mauldin for the month
of November, 1888.
The bill was then passed without any
further material changes.
Senate.
When the bill to provide the method
of voting in stock holders meetings,
which had already caused such hard
fight came up for second resdisg,
Senator Ferguson moved to indefinitely
postpone.
The yeas aud nays were demanded and
resulted: Yess23, nays 9; so the bill
was rejected.
This bill sought to ''scsle" the voting
in corporate bodies. 50 that one person
or body controlling bare majority OF
the shares could not also have the man
agement Of the concern.
THE UsURY LAW.
Quite stubborn fight was made over
bill 10 amend the statutes regulating |
the rate of interest.
An amendment BY Senator Edwards !
that the provision should not apply to
contracts or arrangements prior to March
/, 1890, was adopted.
The yeas and nays were called on the
third reading and resulted: Yeas Is.
nays 16.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Among the Important bills which be-
came Acts upon their third reading were
Bill to provide for the payment of a
salary to be psid to the Sheriff OF Fair
field County, and to provide for the man
ner in which the same shall be paid.
Among those which passed and we're
seat to the House were:
Bill to charter the Chesterfield and |
Kershaw Railroad Company.
Bill to prevent the killing and destruc-
tion of fish in the fresh waters of this
State by the use of dynamite, giant pow
der, or other ex plosive material.
Bill to amend an Act in relation to for
feieed lands. delinquent lands, and COL
lection of taxes.
The following bills were rejected:
Joint resolution providing for sub
scription by the State to the Annotated
Code of South Carolina, prepared and
published BY Osmund W. Buchanan.
Bill to secure rent to landlord in case
of peglece, abandonment of crop, or
death of tenant, and providing manner
for proceedings hereunder.
ACTS RATIFIED.
Among the Acts ratified are the fol-
lowing:
Relating to the opening aDd closing of
the polls for municipal elections in the
town of Ridgeway, in Fairfield County.
To recharter Davies Ferry, across
Cataw ba River, in Chesterfield County.
THE GLEASON COLLEGE.
The Clemson College bill came up IN
the Senate on Thursday night.
Mr. Kennedy, of Chesterfield, moved
to indefinitely postpone the bill. He
urged that the separate college was un-
necessary, and that the people did not
desire it.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
was opposed oy Senators Pope, Smythe,
Buist and Donaldcon.
Senator's Kennedy, McMaster, So |
iourner and Smith spoke in favor Of the |
postponement.
The yeas and nays were called on a
motion to table the motion to postpone,
and were as follows:
Yea-Messrs Bell, Buist, Howell, Moore,
Donaldson, Magill, Munro, Edwards,
Mason, Patterson, Ferguson, Mccall,
Pope, Fields. Meetze. Ready, Noise, R.
N. Smith, smgthe, Soujouruer, Wilson,
(2D.
Nay Messrs. Byrd, Dozier, Erwin,
Kennedy, McNaster, Moody, Rhame,
Sinkler, Jeremih Smith, Yerdier, Wood
ward.
Senator Hemphill was paired, on the
bill generally, with Senator Murray.
Mr. Kennedy moved to strike out sec
tion three, appropriating the privilege
tax. Mr. Smythe moved to amend by
appropriating ten thousand dollars.
which would be equivalent, be declared,
to the sum obtained from the sinking
fund from the past years collection.
| Mr.. Patterson offered an amendment
appropria,ing fifty thousand dollars in.
stead of the sinking fund and tag tax
funds appropriated in sections three and
four Lost-22 to 10.
Mr.. Smythe's amendment appropriat
ing $40, 200 directly in lieu of the sink
ing fund funds was adopted by vote of
II to 16.
Mir. Kennedy next moved to strike out
section FIVE giving all the property OF the
Department Of Agriculture to the Clem-
son College and authorizing the sale OF