The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17

| " OF Z IOrence. SOUU; N Tue county 0
Georgetown. $3.50; in the county o
Greenville, 5000; in the county o
Hampton, 5000; in the county Of Hor
ry, $500; IN the county Of kershaw
$500; in the county OF Lancaster
S400; in the county of Laurens, $500
in the county Of Lexington, 5000; il
the county OF Marion, $500; in tht
county of Marlboro. S700;ia the c2un
!, ty of New berry, $3.50; in the county
OF Oconee, $500; IN the county of Or
augeburg. $500; in the county o.
Pickens, $500; in the county of Rich
land, 5000; in the county OF Spartan
burg, $1,000; in the county CT Sumter
$500; in the county OF Union, $500
in the county of Williamsburg, $500
in the county of York, $500: in the
county OF SaIuda, $3.50; and the coun
tv board Of commissioners Of the fol
lowing counties may elect clerks oi
, said board, and their salaries shall be
| as follows.
Abbeville county, $50; Anderson
county, $50; Aiken county, 5000
| Barnwell county, $3.50; ColIeton coun.
| ty, $3.50; Lancaster county, Sl00;
| Laurens county, $3.50; Darlington
county, $50; Oeonee county, 500:
Richl2nd county, $3.50; Spartanburg
county, 5000; Berkeley county, 5000;
Marion county, 5000; Newberry coun-
ty, $500; Sumter county. 5000; Viii
liamsburg county, $50; Picsens coun-
ty, $50; Union county. $3.50:
York county, $50: Provided,
This act shall not take effect until ST
ter the expiration Of the terms now
being served 50 far as relates 10 Suner-
visors. Approved the 9th day OF
March. a. D. 1896.
Mr.. Beudon moved to make the
salary Of the Supervisor $500 as to
Colleton county. This was adopted.
Mr.. ashley moved to amerd IS to
salary Of clerk OF the county board Of
commissioners Of Anderson By strlk
ing out $3.50 and making it 500.
Mr.. Bethune moved to except ker-
shaw from the operations OF the BILL
Mr.. Harvey suggested that debate
be adjourned, but the House refused
to do SO.
Mr. Mishoe moved to make Borry's
Supervisor $500 instead OF $500.
Mr.. Austell moved to make the sal
ary of clerk o. the commissioners OF
Spartanburg $500 instead Of $500.
Mr. Colcock moved to make the sal.
ary of the Supervisor OF Beaufort
$500; Mr.. Ovens to make the clerks
salary of Spartanburg 500; Mr..
Caughman to make the Saluda clerks
salary 500; Mr.. Rainsford, the clerk
in Edgeield 500; Mr. W. S. Smith,
to make the salary of the clerk OF
Hampton S75 instead OF $50; Mr..
Skinner, clerk IN Barnwell, 5000 in
stead of $500.
Mr.. Glenn proposed an amendment
that the Act should not apply to pres
ent supervisors.
Mr.. Winkler held that the passage
of the amendment would destroy the
whole effect of the bill. Mr.. Cushman
expressed the hope that the amend
ment would be ado pied.
right to cut oown the salaries Of off,
GERS without notice.
Mr.. Winkler said the bill was intro.
duced for kershaw county alone. If
other counties don't want to come in
let them be excepted. He moved to
lay the amendment on the table,
which was agreed to.
Mir. Magill moved to recommit the
bill in order to prevent all confusion.
Mr.. Kinard asked whether if the
bill passed now would it legally affect
the salaries OF the present officers?
The Chair would not answer the
question, preferring to let the courts
decide that, but Mr.. Magill's motion
was lost and the bill was passed to
third reading.
The Senate bill to include street
railways in the provisions OF the sec
ton OF the general statutes affecting
judgments for injury, was passed. II
provides that such judgment shall
have priority over any mortgage.
Mr.. Johnson's bill to provide the
pupils attending the free public school
text books st actual cost, was passed
after much discussion.
On Tuesday the consideration OF
Mr.. Ildertons bill to provide for a
graduated license or privilege tax up-
on certain classes was taken up and
passed. The bill provides that all Ii
censes or privilege taxes imposed by
any municipal corporation in this
State upon any class or classes Of per
sons made subject to such tax by mu.
nicipal corporations shall be graduated
according to the amount Of capital in
vested or according TO income or &C.
c?rding to the amount Of business
done; the valuation Of such capital
invested shall be taken from the au-
ditor's books
The bill to tax the manufacture aud
sale of cigaretts in this State was then
taken up and passed. The bill pro-
vides that no package OF cigarettes
sold or offered for sale shall contain
more than FIVE cigarettes, nor shall
any package OF cigarette paper sold or
offered for sale contain more than 100
leaves of length and width now used,
and that every such package OF cigar
cites or cigarette paper shall have
thereon privileged tax stamp as
hereinafter provided tor, which shall
be furnished to dealers in cigarettes
or cigarette paper oy the county treas.
urers Of the counties Of this State at
cost Of 25 cents each, and the proceeds
OF the sales of such stamps snail be-
held by the county treasurers suoJec!
to the warrants of the boards OF coon-
ty commissioners liae the funds for
ordinary county expenses.
On Wednesday when Mr.. Caugh.
mans Jim Crow car bill, which had
been unfavoraoly reported, was called
up Mr.. Meares moved to strike out
the enacting words. This brought on
a long discussion, after which vote
was taken and the House refused TO
strike out the enaeting words 5y
vote of so to 10 SIS follows:
Ayes-Andersou, Badon, Cnilds,
Colcock, Davis, G. II. Davis, W. c.;