The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-09-25

}lcensus for which returned less tl,aIif,
5Ithree million dollars worth .of taxable
for the formal formation Of tile pro
posed now county shall be made, and
not until then. q amaiority of tho legal
i voters Of a fractional part Of the pro
| posed new county shall each separate
i " vote in favor of such new county.
3. Each county be divided into
townships. and all such townships
| shall be declared bodies corporate.
i The townships as they now exist shall
be SO declared and such others as the
/ Legislature may hereafter create: Pro
|. vided, that no township shall contain
less than twenty five square miles and
shall be as near square as practical.
4. Each county shall elect q County
Judge for term of four years; he
shall have. jurisdiction in all matter 8
testamentary, dover, partition, home
stead, minors, PERSONS non colnpos
mentis and jurisdiction in all criminal
prosecutions below the grade of felony,
under such rules aud limitations as
may be fixed by law, and shall also
elect q sheriff, county clerk aud coun-
ty solicitor for term of four years,
whose respective duties shall bo pre-
scribed by law.
s. a board of county supervisors
shall be organized in each county,
composed Of the various townships
chairmen, whose power shall be pre-
| scribed by law.
! 8. There shall be in each township
five directors, TO be elected or appoint
ed, as tho law may direct it, one Of
whom shall be a committing magis.
trate, and who shall be OK ollicio chair
man Of the board of township direct
ors. Said director shall have general
control Of the roads, bridges, schools
and the general welfare of such town
ships under such limitations as may
be prescribed by law. But no tax levy
made by said director shall be legal
unless ten days public notice of such
leyy shall be given, and not then un-
less said levy shall be ratified by q ma-
jority Of the legal voters Of such
township.
OTHER MEASURES.
By Mr.. Clayton, of Florence: To
exclude convicts from competition
with honest labor.
BY Mr.. Glenn. Of Chester: TO fix
the school tax at two mills, with the
right reserved to school districts to
supplement the same by special taxes.
BY Mr.. w. d. Evans, Of Marlboro: !:
10 limit the corporate bonded indcbt-
edness of each, county to eight per
cent. Of the value of all the taxable
property therein.
BY Mr.. Anderson (coloredD, of
Georgetown 10 require the Legisla-
ture to compel all children between
the ages Of Z and IL years to attend q
public school.
BY Mr.. Sullivan, Of Anderson: TO
require the Legislature to let out tho
public printing to tho lowest respon-
sible bidder
BY Mr.. a. II. White, Of York. 10
call the counties districts.
BY Mr. Wharton, Of Laurens: To
require the General Assembly, at its
next session, to make permanent APP
preparation for disabled and aged Con.
federate soldiers and their widows.
BY Mr.. Buist, of Greenville: To
prohibit State, county, city, town or
township aid to any college, school,
orphan house or other institution
which is wholly or in part under the
direction or control Of any church, or
Of any religious or sectarian denomin-
alton, society or organization.
| BY Mr.. Reed, Of Beaufort: To punish
and prevent lynching. This ordi-
nance authorizes the governor to re-
move any sheriff from whom a pris-
oner is seized and lynched, and to call
out the militia to prevent lynchings.
BY Mr.. Clayton, of Florence: TO
reorganize the judiciary. This ordi-
nance retains all the present courts
except the Probate an l the Trial JUS
tice. For these it substitutes a county
court
BY Mr.. Lybrand, Of Lexington: TO
provide for the supervision of public
instruction. The fred schools are put
under the management Of q State
board Of education, composed Of three
members, the comptroller general, and
two members to be elected BY the TIegis-
laturc. The constitutional tax is fixed
at 81 mills, and each taxpayer is privi-
logged to designate the school to which
his tax money shall go. IA
BY Mr.. Lybrand: TO authorize the
State government to prohibit the
manufacture or sale Of intoxicants,
and, in the exercise of the police pow
er, to engage in such sale.
BY Mr.. Gooding, Of Hampton; To
| provide for the care and control of the
penal and charitable institutions of
the State.
BY Mr.. McWhite, Of Florence:
For the Same purpose, and also to
| regulate convict labor.
FEMALE sUFERAaIsTs.
At the night session the Convention
heard addresses from Miss Clara M.
Clay, Mrs. Virginia D. Young and
Mrs. A. Viola Neblett in behalf Of fe.
male suffrage These speakers were
introduced by Governor Evans as
president of the Convention.
At the close Of the address Of Mrs.
Neblett Mr. McCown, of Florence, Of
fercd a resolution instructing the
committee on suffrage to report a
clause to be inserted in the Constitu-
ton granting woman's suffrage. Ten
members objected and the resolution
won't over under the rule.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18.
There were several measures intro
duced-most of them being repeti-
tons. Those constituting really new
matter wcro as follows:
BY Mr.. Aldrich: "That the General
Assembly shall make due provision
for the maintenance of the free COM:
mon schools and for all the existing
State institutions of higher education" )"
BY Mr.. Gooding, of Hampton:
.That the right Of the people Of this
State to fish in the llnnayipabln run-