The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-01-22

commission in communities where hog
cholera IS reported to examine the
hogs, and if found to have cholera to
kill them and burn the carcasses.
By Mr. Carroll: To punish servants
or laborers who violate their verbal or
written contracts.
By Mr.. Carroll: To provide that no
action shall be sustainable in the
Courts Of this State for the killing of
any dog found depredating on the
premises of another person than the
owner of the dog.
By Mr.. Magill: To amend Section
1913 of the Revised Statutes of South
Carolina Of 1898, substituting the
county supervisor as member of the
board Of jury commissioners, instead
of the clerk Of General Sessions and
Common Pleas.
Among the bills on which favora
bic reports were made were the follow
ing:
To regulate the attendance of coun-
" treasurers at various places In the
collection of taxes.
To provide for changes Of venue in
certain cases, with an amendment
To declare the rights OF married wo-
men.
Relative to surety companies and
the extension of their going on bonds.
The only unfavorable report was
that OF the Judiciary committee on the
bill proposing to repeal an Act as to
the foreclosure OF certain mortgages.
It is announced that there will be a
meeting of the House and Senate ju-
dietary committees to consider the pro-
position to increase the number of cir
cults in the State to ten, and to gener-
allyoutline a bill to meet such changes
as may be agreed upon. 1t is announc-
ed that there is some opposition to the
plan Of increasing the circuits to ten
or Of making any changes in the terri
tory cf the Judges.
The following new bills were intro
duced:
Mr.. B. J. Johnson has two Sunday
bills.
One bill provides that it shall be un-
lawful for any railroad corporation
owning or controlling railroads operat,
ing in this Safe to run or permit to be
run between the hours of - o'clock
Saturday night and T. o'clock Sunday
night any freight trains. The viola,
ton of this Act shall be fine of one
hundred dollars, collect!ble in any
Court in this State.
The other bill provides that after
the passage of it any person who shall
pursue his ordinary work or do any
labor on the Sabbath day, saving and
excepting work OF necessity and mercy
sn;,.l be guilty of a nisdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall fol
each offence be fined not exceeding
one hundred dollars, Or imprisonment
not exceeding thirty days.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Fairfield, has bill
which provides that when any person
or persons are convicted before any
magistrate of any county of the State
the magistrate shall send such per
son or persons direc: to the officer OF
persons in charge OF the convicts OF
such county.
THE SENATE.
In the Senate Thursday the follow
ing bills were introduced:
Mr.. Eird: To provide for the for
nation of new counties and the chang
ing of county lines and county seat:
and consolidation of counties.
BY Mr.. Edrd: To declare the law in
reference to commissioners and mana
gers of election, boards of canvassers
Congressional, Presidential and pri
mary elections.
By Mr.. Efird: To re.enact the law:
pertaining to crimes concerning elec
tions and violations of elections anc
registration laws by such officers.
The following bills come up for {
second reading:
Bill to declare it misdemeanor fol
any person or persons, after actua
notice or knowledge of the eNistences
of any mortgage or lien thereupon, tc
dissever, detach or remove from the
freehold Of any lands upon which any
such mortgage or other lien may eXis
any building or fixture without the
written consent of the mortgage Of
holder OF such lien, and to provide 6
punishment therefor, which was kill
ed. Ms Miller.
Joint resolution to provide for the
printing and sale of copies of the Con
stitution of the State, ratified Decem
Der 4th, 1895. Passed to third read
ing.
Bill to provide for the appointment
of magistrates and to define their jur
isdiction, powers and duties. Passed tc
third reading.
Bill to provide for the organization
of the Supreme Court, to define its
powers and Jurisdiction, and to pro
vide. for the appointment of It's officers
and 10 define their duties. Passed tc
a third reading.
Senator Norris moved to indefinite.
ly postpone his bill to prohibit school
officers from being agents for school
books.
Mr. Finley said he thought it was 3
bill that should long before this time
be on the statutes. He thought it was
wrong to allow the teachers to become
the agents of the publishing concerns.
A word coming from them goes with
force with those who are to select the
books, and this gives to those concerns
influence which they should not be
allowed to have. He had heard that
parties who had the selection of books
were the agents of publishing houses.
He had no objection to those publish
ing houses having their agents, but he
did not think those agents should be
those charged with the direction of the
public school affairs. He knew that
there were books now used in this
State that should not be used. To al
low school trustees or teachers to be
the agents of a publishing house was
improper.
Senator Norris said that as it seemed
to take up more time to pass over the
bill than to pass it, he withdrew his
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