The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-11-13


in each mouth.
The General Assembly is authorized
to provide for party primaries.
In municipal elections the provisions
as to registration apply, except that the
requirements are not to apply until
1896.
After the suffrage matter had been
disposed of, the Convention took up
the matter of the change Of venue, and
iujunctious, which by the turn in the
debate were made to apply more par'ic-
ularly to the dispensary and provoked
the most intense aod partisan debate
during the session.
The Convention, after vigorous
fight. decided to strike out the p'ovis-
ion giving the State the same right as
the defendant to ask for a change OF
venue, and then agreed to let the
Legislature iu special cases make pro-
vision for changes, but protected the
citizen by first requiring that change
be contingent upon true bill of the
grand jury After more than day OF
red.hot debate, the section in the Artl-
Gle on Jurisprudence came out 10 this
shape:
Section 9. 1t shall be the duty of
the General Assembly to pass the ne-
cessary laws for the change of venue IN
all cases, civil and criminal. oyer which
the Circuit Courts have original jurls-
diotiou, upon a proper showing. sup
ported BY affidavit, that fair and i"-
partial trial cannot be had in the county
where such trial or prosecution was
commenced. The State shall have the
same right to move for change Of
venue that defendant has for such
offences as the General Assembly may
prescribe. Unless change Of venue
be had under the provisions Of this Ar
ticle the defendant shall be tried 10 the
county where the offence was commit
ted /; Provided, however, that no
change of venue shall be granted in
criminal cases until after true bill has
been fonnd by the grand jury: And
provided. further, that if change be
ordered it shall be to a county in the
same judicial circuit.
Upon motion of Senator Tillman,
the Convention took recess until 7.30
o'clock.
The Convention decided to do away
with the present plan Of coiifying the
laws of the State every ten years The
plan that is to get into effect 10 1900
will give the people compilation Of
the laws up to that tine and will in-
clude all laws of the State in fnrce.
The scheme is to have commissioner,
who is to arrange the criminal aud civil
laws from year to year and at the end
Of the tenth year is to make report to
the General Assembly. The report is
to be open for year foc the inspection
of all interested and at the next session
of the Legislature after all corrections
have been made the report is to be
adopted by bill and the farce Of read
ing it is not be gone through with.
Then when the report is adopted it is to
be made the existing law OF the State
and all law that is not in the report IS
adopted will be virtually repealed.
The idea is to have the law all in one
volume, so that auy Que can 6nd it. and
not be in danger of some one else fod-
ing Law on the same subject in some old
or omitted statute.
The Convention has been working on
a plan to minimize lyuchiog and has
about agreed 90 plan BY which the
sheriff or other officer in charge Of a
prisoner is to be removed from Office
aud made ineligible if proven to have
allowed the prisoner to suffer in any
way either through negligence. permls-
sion or connivance
The members Of the Convention are
to be given a reception Monday night
by the citizeus of Columbia.
The general impression is that it will