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or the sale shall be void.

or the sale shall be void.
!, Mr.. Clayton said that some protec-
iioa should be given to the poor
classes.
Mr.. McWhite moved to strike out
! the entire homestead section.
Mr.. Tillman sprang to his feet and
dramatically seconded the motion,
saying it was not worth snap Of his
finger any longer.
Mr.. McWhite got the floor, the chair
saying that the laymen was in posses
sion, and that the homestead had been
qualified and this section was, so far
as any good that it would do the wom-
en- and children, absolutely null and
worthless.
After further discussion the motion
OF Mr. McWhite was .tabled-112 to II.
Mr.. B. r. Tillman then offered the
following amendment:
Insert on line -, after the word
"provided:" That the head of the
family to whom a homestead has been
set apart shall not haYe the right to
ALLEVIATE it without the consent of the
persons dependent on him or her.
Mr.. w. 3. Wilson offered the fol
lowing as substitute for the amend
ment offered by Mr. B. r. Tillman,
which was adopted:
Add after the word homestead, "
near end of line 2S the words: PRO
vided, further, That after homestead
in lands has been set off and recorded,
the same shall not be waived by deed,
conveyance, mortgage or otherwise,
unless the same be executed by both
husband and wife, if both be living"
Mr.. Aldrich asked Mr.. Wilson to
accept the words ''set off" for the
word assign which he accepted.
Mr.. Rogers amendment to allow
bachelors $500 exemption was killed.
Mr.. Prince offered this amendment
to the same section, which was agreed
| to:
"Strike out on lines 80 and 81 the
! words personal property and insert
the words tools and implements OF
trade"
! Section 80 as amended was then
| adopted and clinched
Mr.. D. S. Henderson moved to strike
out on lines 2 and 3 of section IA the
words foreign citizen" and insert
allen" This, he said, would be
striking at capital that comes to this
State. If aliens was put in it would
refer to persons coming from beyond
the sea. \ foreign citizen was a citi-
zen of New York and New England.
The amendment was adopted.
THE QUESTION OF FEES.
Mr.. jeremiah Smith then moved to
strike out the last section of the artl-
Gle. Speaking to this amendment, he
said he could not see how expenses
could be fixed It was unfair to tax
our people to foreclose mortgages held
by people outside the State.
The section referred to limited law
yers' and officials fees in foreclosure
cases to ten per cent. OF the amount
| collected.
After a brief but spirited debate the
section was stricken out 66 to 46.
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson offered an
additional section creating labor
commissioner. It was rejected-S4 to
| "a.
SAVING EXPENSES.
Section is was then REQUIRED to and
Mr.. Ira 3. Jones offered to amend sec
ton 20, so as to make it read as fol-
| lows:
On line 1, after "bill", insert cor
joint resolution;" also by adding to
end of section provided, that either
branch of the general assembly may
provide by rule for the first and third
reading of any bill or joint resolution
by its title only"
The amendment was adopted.
ABOUT DIvOCIES.
The article on Judicial Department
was taken up, and, with immaterial
changes, was adopted. When section
81 recognizing divorces granted in
other States was reached, Mr.. Bow
man moved to strike it out. The mo-
ton was adopted-54 to Al.
TO SETTLE THE LAW.
Mr.. Aldrich then offered the follow
ing new section:
No decision of the supreme court of
the State, which modifes or overrules
predecision of said court, shall have
any protro-active effect or injuriously
affect any rights. accruing under the
law as was down in such prior decis'
ion.
Col. Aldrich said that it simply
meant that when the supreme court
eXpounded the law of the State for
once, that this should be the settled
law.
The section was rejected.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Ellerbe
moved that the chaplains should re.
ceive $3.50, and asked for its immediate
consideration.
Mr.. Sheppard moved to amend so as
to make it SIS each, which Mr.. Ellerbe
accepted.
Mr.. Patterson moved to amend the
resolution so as to increase the ser.
geant-at-arms salary by $50, but on
motion of Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson this
was voted down.
MIR. Ellerbe's resolution, with Mr..
Sheppard's amendment, was then ad,
opted.
The schedule was then taken up,
and Jvdge Fraser offered the follow
ing amendment to go at the end OF
section /:
All ordinances passed and ratified
at this convention shall have the same
force and effect as if included in and
constituting part of this Constitu,
ton
The section as it stood read:
First. That all laws in force in
this State at the time of the adoption
Of this Constitution, not inconsistent
Herewith, shall remain in full force
until altered or repealed by the gen
eral assembly.
Judge Fraser also offered the fol
lowing new section, to be known as