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supervisors to draw their warrants
first for said claims.
The committee reported unfavora-
bly, upon the joint resolutions to au-
thorize the general assembly to estab-
lish new counties pending the further
election for the location and name Of
the county seats The unfavorable
report was adopted and the resolution
rejected.
Among the many matters unfavora-
bly, reported by the committees were
the following:
Mr.. Witherspoon's bill relating to
the free school law. ..
The bill fixing the fees of witnesses
attending the courts of general ses-
sions.
The bill to authorize the purchase of
bloodhouuds.
The bill to require 80 per cent. OF
the road tax to be applied to the i'm
provement of bridges and roads in
several townships of the State.
As members of the special commit
tees to whom all bills and matters re.
lating to the dispensary law and pen
sions are to be referred the speaker an.
nounced the appointment of the fol.
lowing: Aiken. A. w. Cushman :;
Laurens, O. P. Goodwin Fairfield. J..
G.. Wallins; York, s. 81. Epps, Ches.
ter. P. T. Hollis, Pickens, Joel r..
Miller; Greenville, II. P. Goodwin !;
Horny. jeremiah Mishoe; Darlington,
A. J. A. Perritt; Florence, B. B. Nc
White; Richland, L. D. Childs; Barn
we'll, J. M. Skinner; Kershaw, D. M.
Bethune; Abbeville, A. J. Speer; New
berry, John F. Banks; Marlboro, j.
F. McLaurin; Berkeley, B. b. Hen
derson; Charleston, w. Fl. Sinkler; !;
Anderron, r. B. A. Robinson; Cfaren-
don, G. M. Davis; Spartanburg, R. A.
Lancaster; Saluda, B. L. Caughman !;
Lexington, D. F. E6rd; Williamsburg,
J. L. Graham; Oconee, g. r. D.
Burns; Georgetown, M. w. Pyatt;
Chesterfield, w. P. Pollock; Lancas.
ter, Q. H. Plyer; Union, @. W. Viii
sonant; Marion, J. D. Haselden; Sum.
ter, w. a. Nettles; Edgefeld. w. 81.
Yeldell; Beaufort. w. @. Vincents
Oranqeburg, A. F. Fl. Dukes; Collie.
ton, E. J. Limehouse; Hampton, T. A.
Hamilton.
When the house got ready for busi-
ness on the calendar it tackled the
third reading bills and Mr. Sinkler's
bill relating to the hours of labor of
the street car employees was passed
without word.
On its final reading the senate bill
relating to the abolition of the cffice of
referee in certain counties was amend
ed by Mr.. McWhite SO as to strike out
Florence and was then passed.
It was II 80 o'clock before the house
got to unfinished business" taking
up MIR. Bedon's bill to amend the act
relating to fishing at certain times in
Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington, Collie.
ton and Orangeburg counties. 1t was
promptly ordered to third reading
without debate. : ..a
Mr.. Timmerman's bill to forbid the
county supervisors, the boards of
township commissioners and the coun.
ty board of commissioners from enter
ing into or making any contract or
auditing any claim against their re.
spective counties for any fiscal year
beyond or in excess, of the appropria.
ton made by the general assembly for
such year, and making atviolation OF
such forbidden acts a felony was taken
up.
In the House Thursday Mr.. Kibler's
bill to provide for an insurance and
banking commissioner was unfavora-
bly, reported, as was also MIR. Robin.
sons bill to repeal the anti'free pass
act. .-.F ~.
Mr.. W. s. Smith introduced a bill
to provide for a new judicial circuit
to be known as the niuth judicial cir
cult and to define the limits of the
first, second and third judicial Cir
cults. -,
Mr.. Werner introduced bill to pre-
vent the charging of usurious rates of
interest under certain penalties. The
bill provides that those charging and
collecting usurious rates shall be gull
ty of misdemeanor and upon con-
viction before a magistrate shall be
fined $1OO, to be collected by the mag
istrate and paid into the county treas.
ury for school purposes. The second
section provides that lit shall be un-
lawful for any person or corporation
after said conviction, either to loan
money or to do any other banking
business within this State
Mr.. Werner introduced another bill
to require railroad companies to pay
for crossties within a certain time
The bill provides: ''That whenever
any person or persons or corporation
under a contract with any railroad
company owning or operating rail.
road within this State shall deliver
crossties, bridge timbers, or other con-
structing and operating materials upon
the line of any railroad com.
pany, it shall be the duty of said rail-
road company to receive and pay for
such material within 60 days after the
same shall have been delivered, either
to the party owning or delivering the
same, or his or ner assignee.
Mr.. Thomas introduced bill to pro-
vide for the sale of native wines in the
county dispensaries, the producers to
receive a percentage of the profits,
such percentage to be fixed by the
State board of control.
Mr.. Crum introduced a bill to estab-
lish Bamberg County. |
Mr.. Mccullough presented protest
from 1900 operatives of the Piedmont
cotton mills against any kind of labor
legislation in this State. Mr.. Miles
presented a similar petition from oper'
atives in Spartanburg; Mr.. Ashley