The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-10-04


after quite length ebate Mr.. Bel
hnger demanded th es and noes on
she motion to indritely postpone
She section. The d ention refused
% indefinitely postp by vote of
So to 81 and then adj ted the section
As section %, with d amendment by
Mr.. Howell, brief buP.lportant, which
makes it read: a..
'Whenever it shall e brought tc
the notice OF the govei Ir, by affidavit,
chat any county oiiic, Dr. any other
officer who has the cuAly of public
Or trust funds isprobat igriNy of en-
bezzlement or the at ropriation of
public or trust funds private use,
then the governor shall lirect the i'm.
mediate presentation of lch officer by
the proper officer of tie circuit in
which he resides, and ppon true bill
found the governor shall suspend such
officer, and appoint on, in his stead
until he shall have been ,quitted by
verdict of the jury"
The words ''by affidavit constituted
Mr.. Howell's amendment
Section II in this orig lal report,
section IL in the report al amended,
was the nextbone of conteE'ion.
Mr.. Derham moved to an, md by in
serting "way" instead of "sAall" 30 as
to leave it optional with the governor
to refer applications for par pm to the
board OF pardons which, utder Mr..
Derham's amendment Is tobe COM
posed by act of the general assembly.
This amendment was adopted despite
the opposition of Messrs. Efird and AL.
drich who contcnded that as the gov
ernor had absolute power to reprieve
it was not necessary to give him dis
cretion in the matter of referring peti-
tons for pardon to the board The see.
ton a. amended was adopted.
The section regarding the State OH
GERS was amended, uu IGon0n- ~ >fer.
;,Ilnkfsr, SO as to provide that their
salaries may not be increased or de-
creased during their term of Office.
DECLINED TO TAKE GOD OUT OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Mr.. McMahan, Just as the question
was being put on the whole article,
moved to recur to section 3. The con-
this and Senator Tillman kindly sug-
gested that if the gentleman from
Richland would indicate his purpose
in recurring his proposition might be
looked upon more kindly.
Mr.. McMahan explained that his
purpose was to strike from the section
the requirement that the governor
shall believe in u Supreme Ecing, He
thought it tended toward the political
control of the religious sentiment OF
men, toward the intrusion OF religion
into politics, which was repugnant to
the sense of a large and influential ele
ment of the States citizenship, includ
ing the members of the two most i'm
portant church denominations.
Mr.. McMahan's suggestion of recur-
renee was promptly and heavily sat
upon on this explanation. The article
was then adopted and sent to third
reading as whole.
No. 8 on the calendar, the report of
the com mittee on municipal corpora
tions and police regulations WAS then
taken up. Section OF this bill was
amended and read as follows:
1.-The legislature shall provide by
general laws for the organization and
classification of municipal corporations.
The powers of each class shall be de-
fined by general laws, so that no such
corporation shall have any power or
be subject to any restrictions other
than all corporations of the same class.
Citl and towns now existing under