The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-02

is now, he explained, the right of ap
peal is fixed. only By charter and il
towns less than 1000 people. there
no such right. The Constitution, h
contended, should not fix punishments
Pending this motion the Conventio,
adjourned:
Yesterday =the consideration of tht
subject was resumed.
| MIR. D. S. Henderson. in troduced thu
following substitute for section I:
The General Assembly shall pro
vide a uniform system for trials ir
| the municipal courts Of the cities anc
towns Of this State and for appeals
from the. judgments thereof. Said
courts shall have power to impose
fines not exceeding 500 or imprison
ment. and may couple with the i'm
prisonment hard labor on the streets
or public works of the city and town.
The trial by jury of six, if demanded
by the accused, shall be allowed in such
manner and on such termsas the Gen
eral Assembly shall prescribe
This was ordered to be. psinted and
tojie oyer for. future consideration.
TAXES: AND ASSESSMENTS.
Section S of the article on municipal
corporations was then taken up. As
amended and adopted it reads thus:
Sec. 8. The corporate authorities of
duties and towns in this State shall be
vested with power to assess and collect
taxes for corporate purposes, SAID
taxes to be uniform in respect to per-
sons. and property within the jurisdic-
ton of the. body composing tie same
and all property, except such as is ex-
empt by law, within the limits of cities
and towns shall be taxed for the pay
ment of. debts contracted under au-
thority FLAW. License. or privileged
taxes imposed shall be graduated so as
to secure a just imposition of such tax
upon the classes subject thereto" :"
There was quite debate over the
motion Of Mr.. Bellinger to authorize
and require municipalities to tax the
capital stock of banks and othercorpor-
rations. The motion wAstabled.
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Section 8, as reported by the com.
'lnittee limited the bonded Indebtedness
OF each municipality to ten per cent.
of all the taxable property. On motion
of Gen. Gray, the limit, was put at
eight per cent, with the proviso that
for temporary purposes there may be
issued revenue bonds or certificates of
Indebtedness with the requirement
that such scrip shall be taken up as
soon as practicable.
Major Barker offered a substitute
which was ordered to be printed, and
to lie over for consideration today.
EXEMPTIONS.
Section 10 of the ordinance read as
follows:
That cities and towns may exempt
from taxation, except for school pur-
poses, for five successive years manu-
factories established within their limits
after the adoption ofthis Constitution,
whose paid up capital is.not Less. than
$4,000"
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson moved to.
strike out this section entirely. He
urged that the exemption dill no real
good, and that it was an unjust dis
elimination in. favor of certain class
of business men.
:? Further remarks were made by
Messrs.- Henderson, Patton: Hayns.
worth, Sheppard, Sloan, Bnist. Burn
and 'Timmermac in favor OF the eA-
emption, and BY Messrs. W. D. Evans,
Clayton, Efrd and Talbert in opposi-
ton. Pending: further debate the
Convention took a recess till S, p. m.
Last night after some preliminary
business the Convention. resumed the
discussion. :. Mr.. + Floydoffered the fol
lowing amendment:
Provided. that before any. such eX-
emption is,&llowed by any city ortowi;
in this State it.shsll.b be submitted to
a vote Of the people of said city or
town for their endorsement or rejec
ton.
After some further debate the Sec
ton; as thus amended, was adopted
-by.a vote of;S0 to 55.
:. Section II, giving towns. and cities
general authority to protect the lives
liberty, health and property. Of the cit
'zens,' was stricken outas Unnecessary.
:: Section 12.. was passed.-,1t forbids
the introduction OF. any armed
force into the State, except ''on
the e~requestof:the Executive"
IL '.::TssE DisPESsARY Law:
;: .The nsxt ns9xt section considered was. the
IN the exercise of the police power
the general assembly shall have the
right to prohibit the manufacture and
sale and retail of intoxicating. liquors
:or< beverages within the State. The
general assembly may license persons
or corpo, ations to manufacture and sell
and retail Intoxicating liquors or bev
erages within the State, Under such
rules and restrictions as it deems pro-
per; or the general assembly may pro-
hibit the manufacture. and sale and
retail of Intoxicating liquors and bevz
erages within the State and may au-
thorize and empower the State and
county officers, both or either, under
the authority and in the name Of the
State, to buy,in: any market. and retail
within the State liquors and beverages
in such packages and quantities, under
such rules and regulations, as it deems
.eypedient.
Mr.. Clayton OF Florence offered the
following substitute:
In the exercise of the police power,
the general assembly shall have no au-
thority to license the sale Of intoXicat-
ing liquors or beverages BY persons or
corporations within this State. The
general assembly may prohibit the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquor, and beverages, within the State,
or may authorize and empower State
and county officers, both or either, un-
der the authority and in the name OF
the State to buy in any market and
sell and retail within the State intoxi,.
eating liquors and beverages, and IN:
der such rules and regulations IS it