The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-07
yTzE COMMITTEE On ORDER
STYLE .AND REVISION.
It's Report Considered Itc'a by Item
and Ordinances Ratified as Amend
cd by the Committee, Etc.

charges on tie ordinances reported
and 81 suggestions were accepted with
ont question. The ordinances are:
70 pay the interest OF the State debt
in January erd provide for the loan OF
the money necessary II needed.
To provide for the pay and mileage
for members and officers as adopted in
the original ordinance, and the pro
vision as to the mi!eage fox tic recess.
The ordinances we're daily signed and
ratified at 5 O clock.
Next the ordinance as u the bonds
for the Carolina, Knoxville and West
ern Railroad, voted by tie people OF
Greenville county, and the ordinances
to provide for the payment CT the
managers Of the election who managed
the election at which the delegates
were elected, and 70 direct the General
Assembly to provide for tue expenses
of the Convention were ratified.
The ordinance to provide for bonds
that have been voted to railroads by
the people of Fairfield was then rati-
fed.
The ordinance to provide foi the pay
of the State printer for work done after
adjournment was taken up, slgned and
ratified.
The following ordinances were next
taken up a2d ratified in s;,ogs order, the
committees verbal ameDIments being
adopted:
10 provide for the alphabetical in
dcxing Of the Constitution.
TO provide for sinking fund to
place counties on cash basis.
M-. Sheppard introduced the fol
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the president Of the
Convention be, and ishereby, authorized
to fl The, ,hl.l1.li::s l. o1 ui11'1tlo0
Tor he purpose Of indicating the day
Of tie final adjournment o: the Con-
vention.
Resolved, That the Secretary Of
State be permitted to ellow any mem
be: Of the Convention who is absent
At the time OF the ratification Of the
Constitution to sign his name thereto
at any TINY before the 3lst day O
December, present, at which time the
same IS to &C into effect
/. Resolved, That FIVE hundred
copies Of the Consttutisn be printed
in addition 70 the number heretofore
provided fer by the Convention.
2. That ont OF said runbe1 one
copv be sent to each member OF the
General Assembly except such ofthein
as are members OF the Convention;
that the reminder thereof be dispos-
ed Of BY the Governor, :ittorney Ger
ejel and librarian, as provided IN
resolution heretofore adopted.
9. That TIE snu: OF fifty dollars, #
so much be necessary, be: and the
same is hercbT, appropriated to deiray
the expenses incident TO the olstr1oH-
tion Of the Constitution, as herein and
in the previous resolution in relation
thereto directed.
Resolved, That the Convention shall
adjourn sine die on the 4th day OF De-
cenber, 1895.
All Of Mr.. Sheppard's resolutions
we're adopted without discussion. In
case the work should not be finished
Tuesday the resolution IS to the time
Of adjournment could be reconsidered.
The Constitution as whole was
taken up and, there was some hitch
about getting the matter on a proper
basis as to its reading,
Judge Fraser, chairman Of the com
,,ittee that had done snch excellent
work, explained thai tae committee
had had the constitution printed as o
whole, aud all amendments and tue
original cs changed we're clearly lnd1-
Gated in the printed copies, and 1t
would be well fer the members to take
up the printed copies.
President Evans thought it better to
read from the constitution as enrolled.
Alr. Sheppard wanted to save tina
and said i would save several hours il
the constitution were read from the
printed copies. The committee had
gone ever the printed copy several
times and compared every word, every
section, punctuation and all, aid that
there was not the slightest discrepancy,
and the constitution rs printed was en-
tircly correct.
President Evans suid unless the
! printel bill was substituted for the OIL
cial ill be could not read from the
printed copy, and by this be meant no
possible reflection cn the committee or
! any Of its members, but it was simply
8 parliamentary safeguard.
Col. Geo. Z. Tillnan said the sug-
rest:on WIS most unusual IN Constr
trt;onal Convention. The members
had la5cred for fully two months with
ali their ability aud patriotism and II
would be very wrong at this late hour
to attempt any such action. Every
member vas to sign the Constitution
as written for voucher for his work
and 20 member would want to sign "A
paper which had not been read OF
which be himself bad lot examined.
No one would undertake such matter
on Learsav, no matter how much COZ
fdence he may have in the committee.
He said much vicious legislation had
slipped il by accepting committee re-
ports and members guarantees.