The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-03-10
FINISHED IT'S LABORS.
THE HOUSE ADJOURNED SINE DIE
LAST WEDNESDAY,.

| nE 0OOSEl AUJOOhNEU SINE DIE
LAST WEDNESDAY. 1
The Last Days OF tho Sessio What Wag
Done In tho House:-A yoto From tho
| Governor. SIR s.
| COLUMBIA, March 5.-The Ilsgisla.
iure finished its labors and adjourned
sine die on last Wednesday after q
session of about seven week. After a
number Of bills had been passed by
the House on Saturday q message was
received from the Governor vetoing
the bill regarding the employment Of
convict labor on the State farm. The
Governor in his message says tue bill
IS objected aud not approved because
i enacted will injuriously affect the
state penitentiary: 70 prohibit tho
superintendent Of the penitentiary
from employing free labor in cases Of
emergency might entail considerable
loss to the State. While an expendi.
ture of few hundred dollars for labor
to chop cotton, to hoe cotton after a
long wet spell, or to help harvest the
crop, might save the State several
thousand. 1t would be unbusinesslike
and too expensiye.to retain sufficient
number Of convicts on the State farms
10 meet such cases Of emergency. The
policy of the board Of directors of the
penitentiary has been 10 hire as little
free labor as possible, and to pay for
it the prices fixed by tho farmers in
the neighborhood. The house refused
to pass the bill over the veto by vote
OF. 38 to 40. II.
| The senate bill to mako railroad
corporations liable for damages result
ing to land owners from the wrong
full obstruction of water courses, which
had becn unfavorably reported, was
taken up and passed. 1t provides that
railroad corporations shall be Liable to
land owners for all damages resulting
from the wrongful obstruction of wa
ter courses by such corporations, and
1t shall not be necessary to allege and
prove that such damages resulted
from the negligent construction Of
| the road or other works Of such corpo-
rations, but any person who-is dam.
aged shall be entitlrd to recover
as in actions against individuals upon
showing the wrongful obstruction Of
such water course. ,5t6
at this juncture a message came
from the senate which crushed the
hopes Of many candidates, that the up.
per house had continued the banking
and insurance commissioner bill to
the next session. 4 *
In the House on Monday when!the
senate bill TO provide for .laborers'l lian
was reached Mr.. Toole moved to
strike out the enacting Words X This
the house refused to do and theSbill
was OrIlernd tO n third reodtnir in n III ~
shape ape /: 3 ,,$. &, Il. IS ~
k SSection1. That from al d after the
passage and approval sof this act $a1l
employees inp fact cries, mi Tes, mills
distilleries and Il and avesy Hind $of
ImanufactHrin & estab blishme httSS Ia this
eatSi,ss Ia Sb
IsiiiiiefS 4 esta6s
lishment in which they may be ems
ployeed, either by the day or month,
or whether the contract be in writing
or not, to the extent of such salary or
wages as may be due and owing to
them under the terms of their con-
tract with their employer, such lien to
tak,e. precedence over any and all 9TH,
er liens, except for municipal, State
and county taxes.
/ ooos - Audt any OIl0 olGlLlti(t I'd Lno
provisions Of this act may begin suit
upon his or her demands in any court
of competent jurisdiction, and at the
time of commencing such action may
file with the officer out of whose court
he desires process to issue an affidavit
setting forth the facts out of which
his or her alleged lien arose, the
amount OF same, and shall designate
the property alleged to be az ,cted by
lion; thereupon it shall be + duty Of
sala olllcer 10 issue MS proct in the
naIure OF q warrant an OF aitachment, dl-
fectihg Inc sherlif OF the county or
any lawful constable to seize SO much
OF the property, described in said aili-
dayit as may be necessary to satisfy
salo alleged lien. The officer execut-
ing aforesaid process shall seize and
lake INTO his possession and custody,
according 10 the mandate OF said pro-
cess. the property described, and shall
noia the same until the final determi.
fiailon ol Inc sult between the parties,
lolloWlng Inc us ual practlce IN attach
lienC cases as 70 sale after judgment,
or even oelofe Judgment II the proper,
~ seizeu 70 perlsnaole ana ordered
soN Dy Inc court; provided, that
snouio tno parry claiming 10 De the
a;aa aGgal owner OF the properly seized de-
PITY 70 uo So pondinG suit, ne may
urnish gooa ana suinclent security
iol sle paylilent OF such Judgments as
my my 10 recovered py plaintli1 against
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