The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-11-13

Courts. Provision Is made for the pun
ishment of election orregistration frauds,
through the General Assembly.
. Twenty crimes are set down as dis
qualifying persons from registration.
The first registration, until January
1st, 1898, is to be conducted by board of
"three discreet persons, appointed by the
Governor" by and with the consent OF
the Senate. THE books must be open
for the first registration for at least Six
consecutive weeks and after that at least
one week in each month"
The General Assembly Is authorized to
provide for party primaries.
InSmunicipal elections the provisions
as to- registration apply, except that the
requirements are not to apply until 1896.
After the suffrage matter had been dis
posed Of the Convention took up the
matter of changes Of venue, and injunc-
tions, which, by the turn in the debate,
were made to apply more particularly TO
the Dispepsary and provoked the most
intense and partisan debate during the
session. The Convention after yigor-
ous fight decided to strike out the pro-
vision giving the State the same right as
the defendant to ask for change of
venue, and then agreed to let the Legis-
lature in special cases make provision for
changes, but protected the citizens by
first requiring that change be contin-
gent upon true bill of the grand jury.
Alter more than q day Of red-hot debate
the section in the article on jurisprudence
came out in this shape:
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty OF the
General Assembly to pass the necessary
laws for the change Of venue In all cases,
civ!l and criminal, over which tho Cir
cult Courts have original jurisdiction,
upon proper showing, supported by
affidavit, that fair and impartial trial
cannot he had in the county where such
trial or prosecution was commenced.
The State shall have the same right to
move for change Of venue that defen-
dant has for such offences a, the General
Assembly may prescribe. Unless 9
change Of venue be had under the pro-
visions Of this article the defendant shall
be tried in the county where the offence
was committed: Provided. however,
that no change of venue shall be granted
in criminal cases until after 8 true bill
has been found by the grand jury: And,
provided, further, that If a change be
ordered 1t shall be to a county in the same
judicial circuit.
The Convention decided to do away
with the present plan of codifying the
laws Of the State every ten years. The
plan that Is to go into effect In 1900 will
give the people q compilation Of the laws
up to that time and will include all laws
OF the State in force. The scheme is to
have commissioner. who is to arrange
the criminal and civil laws from year to
year, and at the end Of the tenth year Is
to make report to the General Assem-.
bly,. The report is to be open for a year
for the inspection Of all interested and at
the next session OF the Legislature, after
all corrections have been made, the re-
port is to be adopted by bill and the
farce Of reading 1t is not to be gone
through with. Then when the report Is
adopted 1t is to be made the existing law
of the State, and all law that Is not in the
report as adopted will. be virtually re-
pealed. The idea is to have tho law all
In one volume, 80 that any one can find
1t, and not be in danger Of some one else
finding law on the same subject In some
old or omitted statute.
The Convention has been working on
plan to minimize lynching and has about
other officer in charge Of prisoner is to
be removed from Office and made ineligi-
BILE If proven to have allowed the prisoner
to suffer in any way either through neg.
ligencs, permission or connivance.
The members of the Convention are to
be given reception Monday night by
the citizens of Columbia.
The general impression Is that 1t will
take from three to four weeks to finish
the work of the body.
If it can be constitutionally done the
Convention will, by ordinance, postpone
the session of the General Assembly until
January.
The next important matter to be taken
up is likely to be the Educational article,
and it is thought that there will be
lively fight over this, especially as to the
amount and distribution Of the public
school funds and the incorporation Of the
existing higher educational institutions
in the Constitution.
The committee on contingent expenses
proposes that the members be paid 81
per day for the time they spend here
after October 18th, and that the 81 rate
apply for the time before the first recess.
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