The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-03
IN THE HOUSE.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
a Synope.S of the Bills OF General Interest
Introduced into and Passed by the Low
er House.

a Synops,s of the Bills OF General Interes
Introduced into and Passed by the Low
er House.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 29.-Tht
House CT Representatives is now get
ting Gown 10 work in dead earnes
and from now on will make thing:
move. Among the new bills intro
duced since cur lest report was one
by Mr. Perritt to require so per cent
Of the ccnmutation road tax to be eX
pended on the roads snd bridges O
the townships from which It is collect
ed.
Mr.. Burns introduced bill to regu
late the manufacture, inspection
shipment and sale of commercial fer
tiizers and manures, the privilege tas
on same and providing a penalty fol
violating the provisions Of this act
!! Provision is made in the bill for the
trustees of Clemson college, upon tbs
receipt by the State treasur-r of I;
cents per ton on fertilizers sold, to is.
sue privilege tax tags. That when SC
issued. these tags shall be cancelled by
the company, selling the fertilizers,
ping its name across the face oi
them, and provides for the punish
ment Of persons issuing fraudulent
tags orin any way attempting to evade
the tax. The principal intention OF
the bill is to abolish all OF the pcivi'
lege tax on fertilizers, except so much
as shall be necessary to pay for the
analyses of fertilizers, and thus PRO
+ect the farmers against adulterated
goods. This tax being discriminat,
| lug class tax paid by one class and en-
joyed by all others. no revenue fea'
ture is permitted, Mr.. Burns holding
it an incorrect theory Of taxation.
The support of all our educational
institutions he says, should be
be placed upon the same footing and
supported by direct appropriation
from the State treasury, according to
their several wants and necessities as
the legislature in its wisdom may de
eide
Mr.. Layton introduced a bill to
amend the general pension law. The
bill provides that applications shall be
submitted to board OF three ex Con,
| federates and physician. The chair
| man of the several camp boards shall!
be known as examining boards OF pen
sions, which shall meet on the third
Monday in January, 1898, and on the
third Monday Of January in each sue
ceeding year. It shall be their duty
to examine all applications under reg,
ulations prescribed by the secretary OF
state, attorney general and comptrol,
Ter general, who shall constitute State
boards of pensions" and they shall
certify to the State board their ap
proval Of applications giving IN detail
the reason which influence them to
grant or oppose each application, &C
compahied by all the evidence upon
which they made their decision. In
selecting pensioners from among the
applicants the board shall have regard
to their present condition and 6nan.
ancial means and also the financial
condition of their near relatives, al
lowing to each applicant so selected
the sum of IS, S6 or 81 as they may be
entitled under the provision es1he set,
The sum OF 500 is appropriated out OF
funds in the treasury to defray the ex
penses OF the examining boards, which
Shall be FIVE cents per mile for travel
each way in attending the meeting.
The several camps shall meet on III:
third Monday of December, 1897, and
the same day in each subsequent year
and shall elect three ofttheir members
who shalt not be an applicant foi
pensions, as camp examining board
| the chairmen of these several camp
boards to be the county examing board
When there are no camps, or when
they fail to carry out the provisions o'
the act the State board shall appoin
three ex Confederate, non-applicantE
for penes;oos, vino shall constitute the
State board.
Unfavorable reports we're presented
on the bill to amend the law relating
to cotton weighers, the bill to change
the boundary line of Broad River
township in York county with min
ority report, the bill to amend the
privileged tax act, reducing the tax tc
Is cents; the bill to provide for the
election of masters and the bill to re
ouire the State sinking fund commits
sion to lend the funds to the counties
of the State.
When Mr.. Harvey's bill to require
the killing of dogs bitten by any AMI
NAL suffering with rabies was callee
up for final reading, Mr.. POLLOCK
moved toindefnitely postpone it. Tbs
house refused to do so. however, ane
the bill was ordered to be sent to the
senate.
When Mr.. Stevenson's bill te render
uniform the mode Of taxation IN town:
and cities in accordance with section
| s, article VIII Of the new Constitu
ton, was taken up and passed to
third reading.
Mr.. Timmerman's bill to forbid tht
couty supervisor, the board of town
ship commissioners and the county
| board of commissioners from entering
into or making any contract or audit
ling any claim against their respective
counties for any fiscal year beyond o.
in excess OF the appropriation made BY
the general assembly for such year
and making violation Of such forbid
| den acts misdemeanor was then taker
up, and Mr.. Zimmerman defended hi
| bill at some length, Mr.. Graham hav
ling moved to strike out the enactlns
words. MIR. Graham thought The bill
would do the county government sys
TEN more harm than good. He though
it would work great hardship on 1h
county officials.
Mr.. Cushman of Aiken said hi
county was between $40, 900 and $l2,
1000 in debt and they felt that some
| thing should be done. Mr.. Cushma,
| moved to add at the end of section
the words "out nothing in this section
Eshall be construed 10 include case
where expenditures are rendered nsces
sary By the act OF Gcd or the publit
enemy"