The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-08

TeDtluu xix; Legislature rs SnaI! GlV';
III" free. holders Of each :pwnship thc
| ri;::!lt 90 rutc and decide upon the
/; question Of issuing bonds Tor the con
! atrurtion and Improvement Of its high
ways AID t. issue such regulation uS
May #c provided irr.
/! W. further recoEnncnd that al act
! Ar PASSED requiring al persons clainI-
! iu. to lul,i communication tax receipts
to exhibit TIC same to the Wurner, anl
that III act DC passctl providing Il vcr-
| bnl Or written notice left ut the resi-
ticuco Of Hny person liable to rou,l
: duty CT delivered to him IL person be
! deemed 1t legal notice to work Oh high
! Ways.
! III" report uf the committee wa:
, tukrf up hy s@ctious, it being first Or
! l"r:ll that tic permanent committee
oi Ii,c Oh legislation, provided for i'll
;iic preamble to the report, should 90
appointed by the president at his
! leisure.
! Almost all uf the sections were
adu;ted without debate, the only ones
! Oh "Llch there seemed to be conflict
! Of opinion being those relating to the
composition Of tic cosnty boards auc
: 10 tiiv age u( those huble to road duty.
! Some members Of the congress living
! ia conntics in which there arc Il large
number Of townships, were Of the opiu-
ion that the provision making each
township commissioner member ol
tic county board would tend to create
too uuwicldy a body, but the majority
seemed to think that to limit the mem
ber>lip to four or six, as originally
proposed by the committee, would be
to discriminate against those town
ships not directly represented on the
board ana the section referred to was
finally adopted as It is given above.
| In regard 60 the section fixing the
age Of tho:t Liable to road duty from
IL to 81 =, ears, there MAS considerable
discussion, many members Wishing to
IL the uyc from 81 to 80 years, but H.,
it WAS pointed out that tie section
contained proyiso that would cneplc
each county to regulate this matter tor
itself. the section was finally adopted
RS il stands above.
On motion Of MI I. H. Hyatt, it
wis resolved that the congress should
meet annually in Columbia on the call
OF the president during the first wceE
Of the session Of the legislature.
The convention then took Il recess;
until s =. II. and the members were
! invited - witness the road machine
contest u; Earker's hill in the after
Locn; aid the president was requested
to arrpint committee Of five to Judge
| tie contest.
Arcrr3nG 10 announcement, Il road
lunrhiMc Coutcst was held ut Barker !,
Hill, ,cu the Camden road, letN cen the
Wes tern Wheeled Scraper company,
the American Road Machine company,
manufacturers Of the Champion road
! machine, aid the Fort Wayne Ma
chine company.
Mcssrs. Grecr 8, Rice, OF Union,
represented the Western, Mr. J. T.
Gultt tie Fort Wayne, and Mr.. F. H.
Wells the American Road Machine
company, aud these gentlemen for u
period of two hours or more worked
their machinces in the presence Of
quite 4 number Of the gentlemen Ill
attendance on the congress. But un-
fortunately the place selected did not
admit Of as fair test as was desired
by the exhibitors and those witnessing
the exhibition. Some good work WIS
done by all of them, however, and it
was clearly demonstrated that the
road machines arc Il great labor saving
invention, and calculated to do road
work cctter and far moro rapidly tEan
can be done By tie pick and shovel.
At the night session the committee
Of Judges Of the :oad machine contest,
consisting of tn: county supervisors
present, submitted the following re-
;;ort, which was unanimously adopted:
':Whcreas, the test Of the road ma
chimes made before this congress this
afternoon by the the Western Wheeled
Scrapcr company and the American
and Fort Wayne machine companies,
willie they were Interesting and in
structive, but not of such nature as
to enable Us 10 determine the relative
merits IF the machines on exhibition,
Ill of which were the best Of their
kind: therefore, belt
''Rcsolvcd, That this congress tie.
clincs ia decide between the different
machines, and that VIC return our
tIIanks to tlcm for the exhibition. y
Nni. i. Nicrnscc of Columbia, who
has given much careful study to the
;:;,hirct Of rcadworkiug, read by re-
quest III essay on roads, which was
! li>t,l.c;i to with marked attention, and
ut It's clos" IL vote Of thanks WIS ten
! dcrcd t. Him. Tie essay is au in"trrc
live uns, and will be published i'll full
! later.
\ resolution WAS sadopted inHtructiuG
! the president OF the congress to give
The endorsement nf tic body to the
! ordinance introduced il the ConStit:l
! tional convention by Mr.. Henderson
pf Aiken, which provides means for
running county governments Oh cash
; basis.
! \ vote uf thanks to the president
',nud secretary '.nl to Sergeant Arms
StauSljl for preparing the senate
! chamber for ,hc lsc Of the congress
was passed, and the congress then AL
! iourncl sine die.
"Apropos o. tAv extinction ot the
A!as::::; :aal,; excaim> tic New lor,:
Tribune, We CAL have tie grin. salts.
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