The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1894-12-07

rs ScaIS YOU are OLi, We h'HS yOu "iO
many.
Your light will bc bright, while we will
keep dark,
If ycu with it whats within it.
We are earnest workers, with greeting
most hearty,
Feel sure you will come, TO your own
Birthday rarty.
THE fyllowiug arc some oC the bills iutrO-
duccd III the Legislature TO date. namely !:
\ bill to appropriate the net profits on
the sales Of spirituous liquors by county dis
pCnsers, oue-fourth TO the use of the city or
town in which the dispeusary is located and
three tourths to the public schools of the
county. iiy MIR. ilough
\ b;il to declare intoxication, drunken
ness. the use of vulgar language Il misdc-
meauor. BY Mr.. Burns.
\ hill to amend sections % and 2l Of the
mcnt for the several counties II provides
in section % that all the courts in this State
ami municipal authorities. which, under
existing laws have power TO sentence con-
victS to confinement in prison with hard
labor, shall sentence all able bodied male
convicts To hard labor upon the public roads
of the county in which said person shall
have been convicted and, i'll the alternative,
to imprisonment in the county Jail OF State
penitcutiary at hard labor; provided that
municipal authorities may sentence munici
pal convicts to work upon the streets anl
other public works of the municipality IN
which they have been convicted, and such
convicts. when so sentenced, shall work
under the exclusive direction aud control of
the municipal authority imposing sentence;
Provided that no convict whose sentence
shall he for period longer than two years
shall be so sentenced.
Section -. That all convctS so sentenced
shall be under the supervision and control
Of the county supervisor and by him formed
into a county chain gang and required to
perform hard labor upon the public high
ways ami roads. lie shall direct the limo
place and manner of labor to be performed
oy said chain gang, Provided that said chain
gang shall not he worked III connection
with or near any road contractor or Oycrscer.
BY Mr.. Fowler
\ bill to enforce the payment of losses
and overcharges by railroads. BY Mr.. Ous.
\ bill TO establish au additional voting
precinct in Union County. BY Mr. Fow-
Ter
\ bill to forbid the three-fourth clause to
be attached to any fire insurance policy. by
Mr. Edwards
\ bill 10y Mr.. Wrinkles, to amend section
200 Of the criminal statutes relating to pun
ishment for murder.
The section n proposed reads as follows
SEC. 2U9. Whoever is guilty Of murder
shall suffer the punishment Of death: pro-
vidcd however, that in each case where the
prisoner is found guilty of murder the jury
may find special verdict recommending
him or her tn the mercy of the court, where
upon the prisoner shall be cOuiinei in the
peui'cutirry with hard labor during the
whole lifetime Of the prisoner.
\ bill &y Mr.. Otts to fix the salary of the
trial justice in Union City, etc.
y hill 10 require railroads to provide
separate COACHES for whites and black. By
Mr.. Otts. Tbs bill is the same as the
Jim Crow car bill of several sessions
past
\ bill by Mir. Townsend to reduce the
legal rat" Of interest TO per cent and TO
prevent uSury in this State.
\ b II 10y Mr.. Fnklcs 10 regulate the
granting Of divorces for a iul'cry and affirm
ing certain MAI rlngcs.
A bill to amend au act entitled IAN act TO
protect primary elections aud political par
ties and to punish frauds committed there
at approved December -, 1883. This
bill proviics that in addition to the mans
gers selected in the manner prescribed; each
candidate for amy atiicc Mt primary eiec-
tion shall have the right u name at each
polling place one person as watcher to repro
sent him thercat, and that such representa-.
tive shall be entitled t. be present from the
opening of the polls until the votes cast
shall be counted aud tabulhted by the mana
gers. and shall DC permitted to watch the
conduct of said election and the count of the
ballots cast.
To reduce the salaries Of the State Off
GERS clerks aul employers. Mr. Burns.