The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-02-26
The General Assembly.
The Metropolitan Police Tyr
amy. Not Repealed.

Columbia, S. c., Feb 20.-rhe first
matter of interest considered at the
morning session of the senate yester-
day was the house bill to provide for the
forfeiture of the charters of railroads
charging higher rates Of transportation
than those fixed by the railroad COM
mission The progress of the bill has
been watched by railroad men with
interest for some time, and considering
the in portauce Of it, it is remarkable
that it was killed without objection.
Mr.. May6eld's metropolitan police
bill was the other important matter co.,
sidered during the day, and the debate
on MIR Barnwell's amendment to repeal
the law was the sbarpest Of the session
-Messrs. May6eld and E6rd support
ing the bill, and Messrs. Barnwell and
BUST, the latter taking occasion to re-
fer to local Charleston politics and make
an appeal for his bill to require regis
tratioo in party primaries supporting
the amendments, which was rejected as
a matter of course.
The proceedings were opened with
prayer as usual, and the routine OF the
morning hour, during which Mr.. Flnley
introduced his bill to establish dispen-
saries for the sale of liquors for medi-
c;nal, mechanical, scientific and sacra.
mental purposes only, gone through
with.
The bill, which is something Of an
innovation in dispensary legislation
provides that by vote of majority of
the qualified voters of any incorporated
town where alcoholic liquors are or may
hereafter be dispensed as beverage,
there may be established a dispensary
for medicinal. mechanical, scientific
and sacramental purposes only. for which
the county board of control shall make
provision.
The bill provides that physician on
whose prescription the liquors are sold,
shall be in actual attendance upon the
person to whom it is sold, and makes
any violation Of this law midsemeaoor
aud further that any person who shall
desire to purchase any liquors for sclen-
ti6c, mechanical, medicinal or sacra-
mental purposes. shall file an applica-
ton with the dispenser stating what he
wants with the liquor, aud imposes
6ue Of not less than S100 for any false
statementin in the application.
The House to-day considered aud
acted upon several important matters.
The registration bill was 6ually passed
by the House and sent back to the
Senate to see what it thought of the
amendments the House had kindly put
10 the measure.
After lively fight the House iode-
6oitely postponed the bill to change the
present application of the entire priv
iege tax fund to Clemson College
The debate brought out tht existence Of
considerable interest and scrutiny as to
the financial affairs of Chemson College.
There was an unexpected contest
against the passage of resolution
providing for the purchase Of lo6 acres
of land that is much needed By the
Hospital for the Insane.
The bill to provide for reduction in
the scale allowed Cor State printing was
passed by decisive vote. The bill
proposes a general reduction OF about
10 or Is per cent, and the announce
rneut is that printers stand ready to
make sufficient bond that the print
ing can be done for the rates agreed
upon to day.
When the registration bill came up
for a third reading number Of amend
ments we're packed 10 again by Mr.
Townsend The Senate vii! have a
merry tins of it recognizing the bill