The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-10


mittee to pass upon the constitutional
ty of measures presented, but it was t
review the laws of the State as passet
in the light of the new Constitution
making them effective and complete
The Constitution had limited tn
poweE Of the legislature in many re
spects7 Mr.. Caugbman was opposed
to the: resolution. There was mucl
more discussion. Mr.. Magill said b
couldn't see why there was so mucl
talk over such a harmless question
the resolution merely proposed to d.
something that should have been dout
long ago. The resolution was fnall,
adopted.
Mr.. Rainsford'S concurrent resolu
ton requiring the directors OF th'
State penitentiary to ascertain the pro
priety of erecting in connection will
the pe2itentiary a plant for convert
! ing phosphate rock into acid phos
| phate and report to the next session
OF the general assembly, was ordered
to third reading without debate.
Mr.. Rainsford's bill to provide com
pensatlon for the members of the
boards of.township commissioners ane
chairman Of said boards while serving
as members OF the county boards o.
commissioners was then taken up
and after some discussion, was orderec
to a third reading. The bill provides
that the members OF the board OF town
ship commissioners shall each receive
as compensation fer his services tbs
sum OF 81 per day, not exceeding five
days, and mileage ats cents a mile,
not TO exceed 100 miles in any one
year, and tee chairman of said board
the sum OF s1.50 per day and same
mileaee as other members Of township
boards, and s.. 50 per day and mileage
at 5 cents per mile in the most direc!
route one way from his home to the
court house when attending upon the
meetings OF the county board OF com
missioners, when the said county
board is not sitting as board ofequa
lization: Members of the county board
Of commissioners shall receive mile
age atsix differnt meetings in each
year, and no more:
Mr.. WinKIer's bill to exempt sol
diers and sailors in the ser vice OF the
State of South Carolina, Or Of the
Confederate States in the war between
the States, from taking out the license
as hawker and peddler required by
chapter NLIII., Vol. 1, Revised Stat
utes 1898 of South Carolina was called
up and passed to third reading. The
bill provides that any person who was
a bona fde 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
taking out the license required by
chapter KILL. volume l, revised
statistics, 1898, OF South Carolina
provided, be makes to the clerk of the
court of common pleas of the county
in which such goods are to be sold
satisfactory proof that the was such
soldier or sailor.
TIE House then adjourned over to
Wednesday.
In the House on Wednesday only
three bills was introduced and none
of them were ofany special interest.
The following bills passed their third
reading ard were sent to the Senate:
Bill to amend the Act regarding ped
dlers licenses, the Greenwood County
bill, bill relating to the county gov.
ernment law so far as the road tax IS
concerned, bill to apporsion the road
fund derived from the county levy,
bill to require all the county officers
of the State to keep their offices open
during certain hours each week day,
the oyster and terrapin bill.
The House then got down to sec.
ond reading bills and the real busi-
ness of the day.
MIR. Raiasford's insurance deposit
bill was taken up, being a special or
der and Mr.. John P. Thomas, Jr.,
offered a substitute which requires
any insurance company or association
to be possessed OF 100000 cash capi-
tai, or in lieu thereof, to have $780,
900 on dedosit with some State for the
benefit of all policy holders, or in
lieu thereof to deposit with the treas
urar of this State valid securities ag-
gregating $4,000, said securities to
be subject to any judgment against
said company, and such judgments
shall operate as a lien on such securi.
ties, and providing penalty for the
violation Of the provisions Of this
State.
Mr.. Ilderton's bill to exempt certain
sections IN Florence County from the
operations of the general stock law
was taken up and passed to third
reading.
Mr.. Sullivan's bill providing pun
ishme1t for laborers who violated
either written or verbal contracts af-
ter having received supplies from his
landlord was ia ken up and passed to
a third reading. The bill provides
that any laborer working on shares
of crop or for wages in money or other
valuable consideration under verbal
or written contract to labor on farm
lands, who shall receive advances
either in money or supplies and there
after wiLlfully aud without just cause
fail to perform the reasonable service
required of him by the terms OF the
said contract, shall be liable to prose-
cutio1 fora misdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be punished for not
less than 30 days nor more than 80
days, or to be fined in the sum Of not
less tnan $25 nor more than $50 in the
discretion OF the court.
The Senate bill to amend and re-en'
&C. the &C. to incorporate the South
Carolina and Augusta railroad was
ordered 10 a third reading without de,
bate; so was the senate claim Of com,
missioners and managers OF e ectlon
of Darlington county.
Mr.. Bacot's bill to regulate the ap
pointment to receivers by the courts
Of this State in causes therein was
taken up. The main features ofthls bill