Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-27
Wednesday, January q, 1891.
By Mr.. deLoach To amend the
charter of Rock Hill relating to taxa

By Mr.. deLoach To amend the
charter of Rock Hill relating to taxa
ton.
By Mr.. Witherspoon: A petition to
establish voting precinct at Kings
Creek, York county.
By Mr.. Lancaster: A bill to take
certain territory of White Plains town.
ship in Spartanburg, and attach it to
Pacolet township in the same county.
This is a secession from Cherokee.
The following important bill passed
to third reading:
Section 1. That 7on and after the pas
sage Of this act, each county officer shall
be required to purchase and keep in his
office, open to public inspection during
Office hours, q book in which shall be
kent an itemized account of all money
received by him, whether received as
salary or as costs, or as fees, or in any
other MANNER, as pay to him for his SER
vices by virtue of his Office.
Section 2. That at the close OF eacn
quarter of every fiscal year, each county
offer shall transmit copy OF said ac-
count, under oath, to the Office ofthe coun-
ty supervisor.
Section 8. That the county supervisor,
in addition to other books kept in his
office, shall keep a separate book IN
which he shall enter upon his books the
total amount of each account so furnished,
opposite the name Of the officer furnish.
ing the said account, and file the account
in his Office as other county records are
kept.
lecting or refusing to comply with any OF
the provisions Of the foregoing act, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction, shall be fined not less
than $50 nor more than 500, or impris-
oned in the county Jail not less than two
nor more than six months, either or both,
at the discretion of'the court.
A bill to include geese within the
operations of the stock law was killed.
In THE SENATE.-A concurrent res
olution by Mr.. May6eld, to accept the
invitation to Winthrop college, was
adopted. Mr.. Mayfeld explained
that it was customary for the senate to
adjourn on account of salesday, and
it was arranged that the visit could be
made on the Saturday previous. The
resolution was agreed to by vote OF
20 to 5.
No other business of especial inter-
est was transacted during the day.
MONDAY, JANUARY Is.
The antitrust bill passed its third
reading.
The senate resolution to extend the
time for the collection of Communication
road tax to April l, was adopted.
The bill to require county officers to
make itemized statements of their re-
ceipts, etc., was killed.
In THE SENATE.-There were sew
eral warm debates in the senate but
they are of no special interest. The
bill providing that school trustees be
elected, instead of appointed, was
killed.
Mr.. Love introduced the following
new bills:
To amend the charter of Rock Hill.
To change the lines of Broad River
township.
A bill relating to township bonds
and providing for special assessor for
the town of Rock Hill.
In THE HoUsE-Mr. deLoach intro
duced Mr.. Loves bill relating to ex-
press and telegraph companies. The
bill is now pending in both houses.
Mr.. Wingo introduced a bill provid-
ing that there should be but one white
and one colored school in each school
district.
Mr.. c. M. Davis introduced bill to
strike from the dispensary law, the
provision relating to hotel privileges.
Mr.. Parton's redistricting bill was
introduced. 1t proposes that the con-
gressional districts shall be as follows:
Pee Dee District-Chester6eld, Marl-
boro, Darlington, Florence, Marion and
Horny.
Santee District-Georgetown, Will
liamsburg, Charleston, Berkeley and
Dorchester.
Edisto District Orangeburg, Barn
we'll, Colleton, Hampton and Beaufort.
Wateree District--Fairfield, Ker-
shaw, Ricbland, Sumter and Claren-
don.
Saluda District-Laurens, Green
wood, Newberry, saluda, Lexington
and Aiken.
Northern Observation-Disclosures, Spar
tanburg, Union, York, Chester and
Lancaster.
Piedmont District-Pickens, Oco-
nee, Greenville, Anderson and Abbe-
vile.