The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-17

which the h!Il shall have originated. which
house shall enter the objections at large on
the journal and proceed to reconsider so
much Of s;tid bill Us is not approved by the
Governor.
The same proceedings shall be had in
both houses in recomSiderinG the same as is
provided in case Of an entire bill returned by
the Governor with his objections: and il any
item Or section Of said bill not approved by
the Governor shall be passed by two-tfirds
Of the members elected 10 each of the two
houses Of the General Assembly it shall be-
come Il part Of said law Notwithstanding the
objections Of the Governor"
Mr.. Bnist introduced the following,
which was referred to the committee
on education:
''That intelligence and virtue being thu
safeguards Of liberty and the bulwark of a
free anl good government, the State shall
maintain Il general. suitable and efficient
system Of free schools whereby all persons in
the State between the ayes Of six and twenty
one YEAR; may receive gratuitous instruc-
tor. but separate schools shall be maintain
I'd }"r children Of African descent
Ecsolutions prohibiting lotteries;
relating to married women's rights;
prohibiting railroads, electric lines,
express or tclegrah companies, etc,
from acquiring or having under their
CONTROL parallel or competing lines;
prohibiting any city, county or town,
or other municipal corporation, from
becoming q subscriber to the carital
stock of my railroad, or other corpo-
ration, or make appropriation or -oan
its credit in aid Of such railroad or
corporation to prevent the States
lending it's credit except for certain
purposes; to tax incomes provided that
no income shall be taxed when the
property from which the income is de-
rived is taxed; regulating charters and
corporators granting the governor
power tc remit fines and forfeitures,
to grant reprieves, communications Of
sentence, and pardons, except in cases
Of impeachment; all of which were re-
ferred to proper committees.
Mr., Prince offered the following on
the important homestead question:
Section 1. There shall be exempt from
attachment and sale under any meSne and
final proress issued from any court to the
head Of family residing in this State eX-
cept az hereinafter excepted. property, real
or PERSONAL. or both. OF value IL the aggre-
gate 81 the value Of $4,000; provided that in
case any woman. having a separate estate Of
her own shall be married to the head Of a
family vino has not Of his own sufficient
property to constitute homestead as here
inbefore provided. said married woman shall
he entitled to such exemption Of her proper
tv az may he sufficient to make out her hus-
bands homestead. but in no event shall
there he an ption to the husband and
wife jointly Of property to the value Of more
than - 900: Provided further that no pro-
pcrty shall ae exempt from attachment. levy
or sale for taxes. for the purchase money Of
the same. for obligations contracted for labor
done thereon. for materials furnished there
for or for the removal Cfincumbrances there
on. provided that the yearly farn products
Of such homestead shall not be exempt from
attachment. levy or sale for the Judgment Of
debts contracted il the Productions Of the
same.
Sec 2. The debtor shall have the power
at any time. before his homestead is set of.
in favor Of any specified creditor, to waive
or renounce in writing his rights to the ben
eflts Of the exemption provided for in this
article. except as to wearing apparel and 5000
worth Of household and kitchen furniture
and $50 worth OF provisions to be selected by
himself and appraised as the Legislature
NAV direct; and he shall lot at any time af-
ter the homestead is set apart ALLEVIATE or en-
cumher the property so exempted, but it
shall thereafter be held by him in trust for
his wife and minor c,ildren: provided he
and his wife. il any. may alternate the same
Jointly with the sanction Of the judge Of the
court Of the county where the debtor
resides or the land is situated. the proceeds
OF sale to be re-nyestcu upon the same
uses.
Sec. 8. After the death OF the wife and the
majority Of his children. any homestead set
apart to the debtor under the provisions Of
this article, shall be sold and The proceeds
applied 10 the oldest Judgments against
him.
Sec. 4. The provisions hereof shall be ap-
r,licable onlyto debts created after the adop.
ton Of this Constitution and rs to debts
heretofore contracted the law of force ut the
date OF their contraction shall obtain, but
nothing herein contain''l shall hn So con-
strucd as to allow the ile,d Of Il family the
benefit Of two homestead exemptions.
Mr.. Bates offered the following:
"All Laws now in force in this State,
and not repugnant tc' this Constitu-
tion, shall remain and he in force IN
til altered or repealed by the Leglsta-
ture, OF shall expire by their own lmi-
tation."
Mr.. McWhite offered the following
important resolutions:
t'That the General Assembly shall levy at
each regular session after the adoption OF
this Constitution. an annual tax on ali taxa
bic property throughout the State for the
support Of public schools. which tax shall
br collected ut the SAM time and Uy the
same agents rs the gene i'll Stat" levy. and
shall l." pail into the treasury ot the State.
There shall hr assessed on all taxable polls
in til" State an annual tx Of - on each poll.
tn" rr,r.a",ls Of whrh shall lr applied to
,:tln"niural purposes. No either poll tax
shall H." levied in tho State. nor shall the
amount "xrri'tl the limit in this s"rtinn. The
school IN: $aIl T." dist ri!ut"I l;nnH!! the
several school districts. each taxpayer desiG-
natin: to what :;rhoui sail fund shall !" up
piled.
No religious scot or sc"tS shall ha:" nx-
elusive rIcht tn or "ontrol pf any part Of the
school funds Of the State. nor shall Se'tarian
prin"ip!rs he taught in the public schools.
''Srpnrath schools shall he provided for
the white anil "oIored CHILDREN Of the State. y
After various announcements had
been made for The committee meetings
in the afternoon. the convention ad-
journcd for the day and went down
and ''hal their pictures taken.
At the third day. sessio OF the
Convention some 40 new propositions
were introduced.
It is now pretty thoroughly under
stood that bi-enniai sessi ons Of the
Legislature will be provided for in
stead of animal sessions: that the terms
of the State officers will be made four
years instead of two years, as hereto
| Gro: tLnt en- aal llar 1.nInties Will be nri=