The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-12-26
THROUGH THE SENATE.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL
PASSES THE UPPER HOUSE.

? THE METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL
j PASSES THE UPPER HOUSE.
Senators watson, Norris and Finley. Three
j True Hoforrners. and Senator Buist,
{; Bsrnwcll and Sloan. Three Liberal Con-
+: servatives, Advise Against 1t.
CoLUNB1A, S. c.. Dec. 1S.-There
were number of strong and stirring
speeches made In the Senate Chamber
Yesterday, called forth by the metrl-
, politan police bill. That measure was
! amended 50 as to slightly modify It's
centralizing tendencies, but a majority
of the Senators showed that they fav-
| or passage of the measure, and at
once.
| The first amendment to the bill was
made upon motion of Senator Finley.
In it's original shape the bill gave po-
lice boards power toappoint AS many
policemen as may be deemed neces-
sary by the board. not exceeding one
! FOR every 500 inhabitants." Mr.. Finley
secured its amendment 80 that it reads
! that the police boards shall have pow
or to appoint ''as many policemen as
may be deemed necessary by tho
/: board, not exceeding one for every
/ ESQ inhabitants, and who shall have
been residents for at least six months
| prior to their appointment.
T~,~1-1oI fo11@,.-ol q ~,
! amendment which requires that the
police commissioners appointed by
the Governor shall have been quail
, fed electors and freeholders" of the
city for which they are appointed at
! least year prior to that appointment.
The time originally specified vas one
| year.
Mr.. Wilson had the bill amended 50
| as to give the Governor power eve:
: tie police of any city of more than
/; .0GU inhabitants. bat }Ir Efird later
had inserted in leu Of that limit a
clause giving the Governor power
over the police OF any Incorporated
city CT town now under police regula-
tions.
Mr.. Finley had added to Section 2
F! provision that no city or town shall
! be liable in damages for any OF the
acts Of any of the marshals Or police
men or officials appointed under the
| provisions of this act.
Then Mr.. Wilson secured incorpo-
ration in the bill of q section provld-
ing that wherever the word city IS
used in it, it shall be construed to
| mean city or town.
So far things had gone on without
a ruff1e, but Mr.. Kirkland now started
breeze by moving to amend the bill
| by stricking out of Section the words
whenever the Governor shall deem
! it advisable or necessary for the better
and more perfect government OF any
city or incorporated town under police
| regulations in this State he. the Gov
ernor, shall appoint board OF police
| commissioners, to consist of three mems
bers, for such CITY," andinsert in lieu
thereof the following: For the better
| and more perfect government OF the
cities and towns in this State, the Gov
ernor is authorized and empowered
in times Of emergency, OF upon
upon the written petition of one
seventh of t'le freehold voters of any
town in this State, setting fourth that
| the municipal authorities thereof are
not making proper efforts for the en-
forcemement of the law therein, and
asking for the application of the pro
visions Of this Act thereto, to appoint
a board of police commissioners, to
consist of three members, for such
! city or town.
In a few words Mr.. Kirkland show
ed the value of his proposed amend
| ment, whose object was not to leave 1t
| entirely to the Governor to say when
| he should take charge of the police OF
city. but to require some motion
from the city itself.
| Mr.. Wilson said that Mr. Kirkland,s
amendment was just another way OF
F.! moving to strike out the enactlng
| words of the bill. The amendment
would take out of the Governors
hands the power of determining as to
the necessity of metropolitan police
| for any town Or city and put IN the
hands of that town or city. 1t was
ridiculous to expect one-seventh OF the
| men in any city or town to ia Ike upon
themselves the odium of asking for
METROPOLITAN polices He moved to
| table Mr.. Kirklands amendment.
which was done by a vote OF 20 to IS.
as follows.
Yeas-Barton, Brice, Brown, Byrd,
Dennis, Derham, Douglass. DuBose,
Ehrd. Fuller, Jordan, Mauldin. May
| field, McCalla, Mcdaniel, O'Dell, San
| ders, Stribling, Williams and Wilson.
| Nays-Barnwell, Buist, Finley, Har-
rison, Kirkland, Miller, Moses, Norris,
| Rapin, Sloan. Stackhouse, Turner,
| Verdier. Walker and Watson.
! Mr.. Efrd moved to amend the bill
| BY giving the power Of appointing
! police board composed of the Govern
or, the Secretary of State. and the Com
ptroner General, instead of leaving it
I in the Governors hands.
] Mr.. Finley moved as a substitute an
| amendment making the board consist
/ of the Governor, the Lieutenant Gov
lelnor, the Attorney General and the
4 SC9Ic treasurer dllO IcStI1SIiuS l4IiI
power Of appointing police boards to
ceases of willful neglect to enforce
1 the laws on the part Of the municipal
authorities of any Incorporated city or
stown.
! Mr.. Finley then spoke briefly in ad-
| vocacy of his proposed subltltute- The
| lSenators ought to look to the future.
fIJ,l.3 ,,o1,,I.I :, bie hoard s1,ch Of
Sfcials as to render it hardly probable
that those four gentlemen would ever
sagree to any wrong. The law should
| be freed from all charge of that cen
! tralizatfon which is so foreign to our
| doctrines of the past. He favored the
enforcement of all laws. While the
iDispensary law not exactly to his hk-
ling he had always obeved itand advis-
led obedience to It. In his own county
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