Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-06
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
What the House and Senate Are Doing
From Day to Day.

HE 6ENERAL ASSEMBLY.
From Day to Day.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
In THE HOUsE-The house met at
IL o'clock M, after having had holi'
day since the previous Friday.
The bill providing for the organiza-
tion of the new county of Greenwood
was passed with but little difficulty.
The manner in which the house
disposed of Mr.. deLoach's bill to
extend the boundaries of Broad River
township is described elsewhere.
Mr.. Haseldon introduced bill max
ing it a penal offense for any railroad
in this state to violate any of the
interstate commerce laws.
Mr.. Garris introduced a bill to pro-
hibit the organization of secret socie-
ties in colleges of the state.
The committee on public schools
submitted all unfavorable report on a
bill to furnish school books to children
at cost.
A bill to amend the county govern
ment law was taken up and discussed
at length; but number of counties,
including York, were exempted from
its provisions. The following, howev-
er, relating to the pay of commission
ers and applying to all the counties
was passed TO third reading:
Section l. "That from and after the
passage of this act, the members of the
board of townships commissioners pro-
vided for in an act entitled IAN act to
provide a system of county govern
ment for the several counties of the
state approved January 4th, 1894,
shall each receive as compensation for
his services the sum of 81 per day, for
not exceeding five days, and mileage
at 5 cents a mile, not TO exceed 100
miles in any one year, and the chair:
man of said board the sum of $3.50
per day and same mileage as other
members of township boards, and $3.50
per day and mileage at 5 cents per
mile in most direct route one way from
his home to the courthouse when at
tending upon the meetings of the coun-
ty board of commissioners, when the
said county board is not sitting as a
board of equalization Provided, men,
bers of the county board of commits
sioners shall receive mileage at six
different meetings in each year, and
no more: Provided, further, That no
member of any township or county
board of commissioners shall receive
more than one per diem and mileage
for attendance upon one board meet
ing in one day. That all acts in con-
flict with this act be, and the same
are hereby, repealed.
A bill to exempt old soldiers from
the payment of hawker's and peddler's
license was passed in this shape:
Section l. That any person who
was bona fide soldier or sailor in the
service of the state of South Carolina
or of the Confederate states in the
war between the states, may expose
for sale or sell, as hawker or peddler,
any goods, wares or merchandise in
any county in this state, without TAX
ing out the license required by chapter
XLIII, volume l, revised statutes,
1898, of South Carolina provided, he
make to the clerk of the court Of
common pleas of the county in which
such goods are to be sold satisfactory
proof that he was such soldier or
sailor.
In THE SENATE.-The senate met
at s o'clock p. M; but as there was
only bare quorum present, it was de-
cided to adjourn until IL o'clock next
day.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8.
In THE HoUsE.-The bill relating to
the pay of county and township COM
missioner, etc., passed on the previous
day, was amended so as to allow IL
meetings during the year.
A good portion of the day was taken
up in the discussion of Josh Ashley's
bill to reduce the privilege tax on fer
tilizer's to l cent ton. The matter
finally went over until another time.
Mr.. Thomas bill to provide for as
sessments of real estate and other
property took up the remainder of the
time of the house. The object is to
correct inaccuracies and insufficiences
in the present law. Section provides
that in 1898 returns of real estate shall
be made and every four years thereaf-
ter. The old act does not require that
the assessments shall be made every
four years. Unless this section stands,
there will be no assessment unless
otherwise provided for. 1t does not
change the operation of the law at. all.
AS to section 2, it provides when the
auditor shall do his duty. In other
words, he must make up his lists by