The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-01-30
THE LEGlsLATUHsIs.

oeoNA0N "AoiA AlAo1o F'So1 Glluu
ever.
Saturday tho following bills
wore read the third time and sent
to tho Senate:
A bill to require Magistrates to
send all convicts sentenced to
work on the public roads in the
county direct to the officer or per-
son III charge of the county con-
victs.
A bill TO pay jurors and State
witnesses ferriage paid by them
while attending courts in their
respective countios.
A bill to amend section PIG of
the Criminal Statutes, Vol. 3, Re-
vised Statutes 1898, .rolating to
prize fighting.
A bill to prescribe and fix tho
fees of physicians for post mortem
examinations at Coroner's in
quest.
A bill to limit tho time in which
coupon bonds payable to bearer
and their coupons Of the State
may DO consolidated, converted,
funded or paid, and to repeal con-
flicting laws.
A bill to amend an Act antitlod
can Act to incorporate the Evan
gelical Lutheran Charities Society
of Charleston, S. CO.
A bill to require all persons
holding past due school claims
against any of tho several coun-
ties Of this State which have been
unpaid to establish and prove
thcm bofOro certain officers, and
to require tho County Treasurer to
pay samo.
Tho bill to provide for the sani-
tary examination Of iails coming
up as unfinished business, MIR.
Johnson moved to indefinitely
postpone tho bill, which motion
was rejected.
Mr.. johnson thought the coun-
ty physician and grand jury arc
sufficient ovcrscers of tho hoalth
of any Jail.
| Mr.. Ildcrton said these mattors
had bocn reported to grand juries
but it had boon found impossible
to get tho county officials to act
Tho amondmcnt was rejected and
tho bill was indefinitely postponed.
Tho conference committee on
tho Supreme Court bill reported
that they wcro unable to agree and
a committee Of FREQ conference
was appointed consisting Of Mes
Sis. l.. }. Williams, ". j Williams
and Shuman.
MIR. Garris's 's bill to exempt dom
lists from serving on tho jury, he
said, WAS introduced at the re-
quost of the Dontal Association.
In court weeks, country people
often attended court and wanted
their tooth worked ON at the Same
time and if tho dentist Of the
town was on tho jury they could
not have this work dono.
Judge Townsend couldn't see
| any good reason for tho law. The
dentist can pay $50 and got Off al
together or he can get oxcusod and
y 60 out and pull tooth. :. ifeu.y rec
SS.2.,ry. ...-~slully r"fTnc "HfTcc cs
Is99lAr Bic,' lob yo""'
MI .Ir".,tUKwoll didn't 500 an,
r reason for oxcmpting dentists ant
on vote being taken the bill wa
Q killed.
I The bill to exempt certain por
s tions Of Pickons county from tn
operations Of tho stock law WA
discussed at somo lcngth, but wa
passed to it's third reading.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
, Tho following bill in rcfcrcl c
to school districts was noXt takol
up. Its provisions arc as follows
Section 1. That each Count
= School Commissioner and Count
D Board e.. Commissioners Eaay dur
o ing the yoar Of 1896, or thoroafte1
+, divide thor respective Countic
u into school districts, which sha1
II contain not loss than nino no
J. more than forty-nlno square milo!
@ tho area within SAID limits bcin
: left to tho County School Commis
sionor, with tho approval Of tn
y, County Board Of Commissioner
q Of each County, for all purpose
8 connected with tho general intol
ost Of education, and rodistrct tn
samo, and form new district
t whenever in thcir Judgment tn
q general good requires it: Prov
n ded, That in cities of 10000 III
y, habitants and ovor this limitation
" of aroa shall not apply: Provi
% ded, Gurthor, That when an
II school district laid out under thi
4 section shall embrace citios O
g towns already organized int
,s special school districts in whic
;, graded school buildings have boc
y erected by tho issue OF bonds, O
IS by special taxation, or by dona
It ton, all tho territory included i
q said school districts shall boar il