The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-12-19

dCCoooe W GO pS"oo' .o' $500. r.
subsistence and pay Of the militia in
Cured necessarily by Governor b. R
TilIman as Commaoder-in- Chief during
! Mar;h aud April, 1894, in suppress'ne
the Darlington riot, was passed to
third reading.
Mr. Breazeale's bill to authorize aud
require the several county school com-
missiooers to examine and to order
paid all just past due school claims.
and TO provide for sheir payment, was
passed without opposition.
The night session of the House open
ed with the introduction Of few new
bills The food Of proposed new laws
has not abated in the least. Saturday
! will be the last day for uew bills unless
introduced by committee The rush
of bills now is due to this time limit.
The Senate sent to the House NUN.
ber of bills it hes passed These were
referred to committees.
One of the bills sent over by the Sc.
nate was that passed by the House TO
limit the fees of sheriffs for dieting
prisoners and prevent constructive mile
age. 1t will be remembered that there
was big debate in the House on this
bill aud that it was passed. Charleston
and Berkeley Counties being exempt.
The Senate passed the bill but exempt
ed Abbeville. Richland. York. New
berry and Beaufort Counties, in addi
ton to the two exemptions of the
House.
The House declined to concur 10 the
amendments of the Senate excepting
the counties named and so the counties
will DOT be excepted
The House agreed to the amend
,nenrs made by the Senate to its bill re-
latiDg to cotton buyers. All other bills
amended by the Senate were copcurred
in.
Among the commi;'ee reports vas an
unfavorable one providing for the care
of infants suffering from diseases of the
eye.
Mr. OTIS bill to exempt active mem
hers Of the State Militia Companies
from working on the public roads and
streets and from paying any commu,a.
tion tax in lieu thereof. wss killed.
A bill of general interest which pass
ed t o third reading was Mr. Cooper's
to require the price to be stamped on
each bottle Of liquor in the several coun-
ty Dispensaries.
The Senate bill to provide an ad-
ditioDal oath Of Office for sheriffs, deputy
sheriffs, coustables. police officers, mar
shals and other peace officers went to a
third reading. It. requires these officers
to take oaths to support and uphold the
Dispepsary law
The bill to limit the number Of
bailiffs in attendance upon the sessions
Of court in each county in the State to
FIVE has passed both houses and only
needs the Governors signature to be
come law.
Mr. Lemmou's bill to dispense with
the publication of the itemized state
ment of disbursements ty the county
treasurer Of Edge6eld c anty, after a
motion to make the bill apply to the
whole State had been vo'.d down. and
amendments bad been az eed to making
the blll apply to the additional counties
of Chesterfield. Clarendon. Williams
burg, Orangeburg. Coletou. Sumter,
GreenvilIe. Abbeville, Edge6eld, Dar-
lington, York aud Pickens. was passed
to third reading.
Senate bill to appoint an additional
trial Justice for Clarendon County.
at Pinewood, was passed to third read
ing.
Mr.. Wilson's bill to create Salem
County was called up and promptly
disposed ofby continuing it to the next
session.
Just before the House adjourned Mr..
John Peyre Thomas, jr member from
Richland, offered the following resolu-
tiou, which went over until to-day:
Resolved. That the State Treasurer
inform this House by what authority
Of Law he paid out during the last fiscal
year tbe sum Of S31, 1852 03 for the
public printing when the amount of the
appropriation for said purpose was
$4,000.
Mr.. Duncan asked Mr.. Thomas if he
meant to iusinuate that any State
official was dishonest Mr.. Thomas
disclaimed any such intention.
IN THE SENATE.
The morning session of the Senate
yesterday was about as dry and unin-
terestiug as it could possibly have been.
There was absolutely nothing to hold