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favored the amendment.
Mr.. EGrd was opposed to the bill.
He thought expenditures on roads.
etc., were in the line of money well
spent" He asked how may county
officials ia Mr.. Tinmerman's county.
besides The county supervisor had de-
faulted. Re also asked Mr.: Goodwin
if the extra amount expended in Green
Vile hadn't been of great permanent
benefit to the county. MIR. Goodwin
replied at some length. He detailed
the affairs of GreenvilIe county very
fully. Mr.. Price disclaimed any in
tention of rejecting on the officials IN
his county; the county was $l7, 600 be-
hind; he thought perhaps they had
been a little extravagant.
Mr.. E6rd said that such expenses
were expectad to arise during the first
two wears under the new county gov
ernment system. He thought this
bill would 10 hamper the officials that
they might as well 60 back to the old
system.
Finally, MIR. Rogers moved toinde6,
nitely postpone the bill. The house
declined to do so. MIR. White moved to
recommit the bill, which was done by
vote of 46 to 90. The purpose is to
perfect the bill.
Mr.. Westmoreland's bill to require
certain officers to keep an itimized &C.
count of their income by virtue OF
their office, and to require them to
make quarterly report of the same
was taken UP.
! After some slight amendments had
been made Mr.. Stevenson moved to
strike out the whole of section 4 of the
bill. saving it was impracticable.
Mr.. Price of Orangeburg was heart.
ily in favor of the provision. He said
he had had personal experience In
trying to find out the receipts OF the
various Offices. The people wanted to
know the income OF the various off.
ces. There was no hardship about the
provision.
Mr.. Stevenson said all the people
wanted to know was the income OF
the offices and not what was on the
books.
The house refused to accept Mr..
Stevenson's suggestion.
Mr.. deLoach thought annual re.
ports suficiel and so amended the
bill, and it finally passed in this form
Section /. That on and after the passage
of this act each county officer shall be re.
quired to purchase and keep in his office,
open to public inspection during Office hours,
q book in which shall be kept an itimized
account of all money received by him, whether
as salary, cos!s. fees or IN any other manner,
as pay to him for his services by virtue of his
office.
Sec. 2. That OF the close Of every fiscal
year each county officer shall transmit o
copy of said account, under oath, to the
Office of county supervisor.
Sec. 8. That the county supervisor, in ad-
dition 10 other books kept in his Office, shall
Keep q separate book in which he shall enter
upon his books the total amount of each &C
count 90 furnished opposite the name of the
officer furnishing the said account, and file
the account in his office as other county
records are kept.
Sec. 4. That at the end Of! every fiscal
year each county officer shall also furnish,
under oath. an itimized statement showing
all moneys due to said officer and at the time
unpaid, to which shall be entered and kept
as other county records are kept.
Sec. 5. That any county officer neglecting
or refusing to comply with any Of the pro.
visions of the foregoing act shall be deemed
guilty Of o misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton shall be fined not less than $50 nor
more than 5000, or imprisoned in the coun-
ty Jail not less than two nor more than six
months, either or both, at the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 6. That this act shall be deemed a
public act, and shall take effect Immediately
upon its approval BY the governor.
When the above bill was taken up
for q final reading Mr.. Perritt moved
to reconsider the vote, whereby it had
been ordered to third reading. Then
the counties of Marlboro. Darlington,
Richland, Chesterfield, Horny, Able
vile, Charleston, Lancaster, Barn
we'll, Edgefeld and Lexington asked
to be exempted from the provisions Of
the bill.
Mr.. Wyche asked that if this was q
good bill for one county it was good
for all. He moved to recommit the
bill. This motion prevailed by a
vote of SO to 80.
Mr.. Patton's much.talk. of redis-
tricting bill was introduced Monday.
1t will be noticed that the territorial
designations long in use have been
selected for the districts. This is to
prevent persons from confusing the
districts with the numbered judicial
circuits, there being no requirement
preventing such nomenclature. Here
are the districts proposed: --
Pee Dee District Chesterfield. Marl-
boro, Darlington, Florence, Marion
and Horny.
Santee District-Georgetown, Will.
iamsburg, Charleston, Berkeley and
Edisto DiArict--orangeburg, Barn
we'll, Colleton, Hampton and Beau
fort.
Wateree District Fairfield, Kershaw,
Richlard, Sumter and Clarendon.
Saluda District-Laurens, Green
wood, Newberry, Saluda, Lexington
and Aiken.
Northern District - Spartan burg,
Cherokee, Union, York, Chester and
Lancaster.
Piedmont District -. Greenville.
Pickens, Oconee, Anderson and Able
Vile.
Mr.. Rainsford's antitrust bill was
taken up and passed in the following
shape:
Section l. That from and after the pass
age of this, all arrangements, contracts,
agreements, trust or combinations between