The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-30

Mr.. MeareS SAID ne Qld not wish t
be classed as a crank. He simply
wished to provide against a contingen
cy. If the convention did not give the
women general enfranchisement, he
wanted this special provision for the
protection of their property rights.
He withdrew it at the suggestion oi
some of his friends.
Senator Tillman stated that without
this substitute they would permit one
township to be cut off here and there
and the result would be that they
would be left about in patches.
The Tillman substitute was then
adopted
SECTION SEVEN.
Senator Tillman then offered an
amendment to the article TO be known
as section I, looking to the protectlou
of townships. -,
Mr. Patterson could see no merit OF
relief in it for anybody.
Senator Tillman stated that 1t ml@h'
help ou: some remote corners III get
ting nearer to a court house. :,
Sec. I. The general assembly shall
have the power to alter county lines
at any time: provided, that before any
existing county line is altered the
question shall be first submitted tc
the qualified voters OF the territory
proposed to be taken from one county
and given to another aud shall have
received two-thirds of the votes cast
provided. further, that the change
Shall not reduce the county from
which the territory is taken below the
limits prescribed in sections 3 and OF
this article.
Senator Tillman accepted this.
Mr.. J. L. Glenn said that there was
no provision in that for. the liability
for the indebtedness OF such a town
ship.
Senator Tillman remarked that this
could be easily fixed:
Mr.. MCGOWAN said this was very
serious matter as to the debt Of such a
township. Ii would be difficult to fix
any amount and at the sametime keep
clear of the restrictions already i'm
posed. He moved to table the substi
tute.
Mr.. W. J. Montgomery thought
this matter was directed at the town,
ship in the upper portion of Marion
county.
Mr.. Rogers stated that in talking
with Mr.. Montgomery he had merely
used this township as practical illus
tration.
Mr.. Montgomery then discussed the
matter at some length. He wanted to
know which of the counties, the old or
the new, would have to bear the in
debtedness.
DR.. Smith of Barn we'll thought the
drift of all the speeches made IN this
new county matter was towards spec
ial legislation more than anything
else.
Mr.. ]. L. Glenn offered the follow
ingamendmentt to Mr. Rogers amend
ment:
Add at the end of section the
words provided that the proper pro,
portion of the existing county indebt,
edness Of the section so transferred
shall be assumed by the county to
which the territory is so transferred. "
Mr.. Klugh called attention to what
had been done after the previous
nights unparalleled fight and said
there was a danger of the convention
defeating section five's provisions.
Mr.. Rogers accepted Mr.. Glenn's
proposition.
Mr.. Wilson called for the motion to
table.
Mr.. Rogers then rose toa question of
personal privilege. He said the gen
tleman from Marion (Mr. w. J. Mont
gomery) had informed him that he
was offended at his statement that
there was one little townshipin Marion
unrepresented here. He had not
meant it in that light at all.
The ayes and noes were ordered on
the motion to table Mr.. Rogers
amendment as amended by Mr.. Glenn,
and the vote resulted as follows: Yeas
So, nays S4
Mr.. Breazeale then offered the fol-
lowing substitute for section I:
Any township or part of a town
ship may be taken from one county
and added to another in the same way
as provided for creating new counties
and subject to the same conditions
imposed in this article.
The convention voted this down.
Mr.. McKagen offered an amendment
to strike out the proviso offered by
Mr.. Glenn and insert instead the fol-
lowing:
provided, Thatany township seced-
ing from county should be held la
bic for its just proportion of any past
Indebtedness Of the county seeded
from, and such proportion Of indebt-
edness shall be collected by county Sc
ceded from"
Mr.. Glenn said that when q town
ship went into another county the rule
that should obtain was in his provlso.
Mr.. McKagen's amendment was Ia
AN AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Gary offered slight amend
ment, which, after some discussion,
was adopted.
Section Z was then adopted as a
whole, consisting of the section as
offered by Mr.. Rodgers. the Glenn pro-
viso, and the Gary amendment.
SECTION EIGHT.
Mr.. MCGOWAN then offered the fol-
lowing as section S of the article:
Sec. S. No county seat shall be re-
moved except by vote Of two-thlrds
of the qualified electors of said county
in an election held for that purpose;
but such election shall not be held in
any county oftener than once IN tive
years.
He, explained the necessity for this,
stating that new county schemers
might get the county seat changed so
as to avoid the eight mile limitation:
Mr. Clayton objected. This would
allow every court house crowd to con-
troll the matter.
The section was adopted.