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

ator May ada Number OF Other Bill
Passed and E,ad-The senx,e Well II
With It's Work.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 5.-The Sen
ate met Tuesday night st o'clock
The usual routine business at the op
ening was disposed Of and the thirc
reading bills on the calendar we're
reached when it was discovered tha
one of the assistant clerks was absen
with the key to the desk in which
were locked all the papers Of the sen
ate, including the bills. Under thess
circumstances there was nothing tc
do but to adjourn. This the senate
did until II o'clock Wednesday.
When the senate met Wednesday
morning the question Of the introduc
ton of bills was reopened by Senator
Moses Offering a resolution to extend
the time to the 18th inst. His resolu
ton passed without comment, but
soon thereafter Mr.. Henderson moved
8 reconsideration, saying that It was
time for this body to be looking TO-
ward an aojoUrnment. Bills If ne
cessary could be introduced through
the committees.
Mr.. Moses explained that he ssw nc
necessity or reason for shutting out
the introduction Of bills from the
floor when they could be gotten before
the senate through tie committees: II
was as we'll to let the author father
the bill as committe. And further,
this talk OF a6journirg by the middle
of February was out Of the question.
If every bill was in, declared Senator
Moses, an adjournment could not be
reached by that time. He then point,
ed out that tie supply bill and the ap.
preparation bill had not been touched
in the house ard predicted that the
work of the body would not be En-
ished before the 1st OF March.
Mr. Henderson said that an exam
pie should be set in this matter. Il
should be shown that the senate was
up with its work and was waiting on
the house. His motion to reconsider
then prevailed by vote Of % to s.
Saturday, the sixth inst. was then
bxed as the last day for the lnsroduc'
lion of new bills.
When Mr.. Suddath's bill to repeal
the act against nepotism in the ap-
pointment of clerks and inferior ot6-
GERS by the heads of departments
came up for a second reading, Mr..
Archer moved that the unfavorable
report Of the committee be adopted.
Mr.. Suddath gave as his reasons for
introducing the bill that under the
present law he thought unnecessary
hardships were imposed upon the
heads of departments. These men
were elected to Offices of trust and
they wanted clerks of whose honesty
there was no doubt and in whom re.
lance could be placed. II relatives OF
the officers were capable OF filing
these positions, then he could see no
objection to having them appointed.
The bill, he explained, applied only to
State officers.
The nnfavorable report was adopted
BY vote of 80 to S and the bill killed.
8 house bill to require county 9TH
GERS to keep an itemiZed account OF
their income by virtue Of their Office
and to require them to make an annu-
al report of the same to the county
supervisor and further to keep an open
record of such account subject to In
spection by citizens OF said county was
reached in due time among the second
reading bills.
Mr. Mower moved the enactipg
words be stricken out
Mr.. Dean said there was demand
from the people for such measure
They wanted to know what their
county officers were getting and IN the
case of those who received fees this
was impossible.
Mr.. Mower explained that he made
his motion to strike out the enactlns
words because the salaries of the ctii,
GERS were fixed by law, as were the
fees. In the case of ctlieers with
fixed salaries every one knew
what those salaries were. In
the case OF the officers who
got fees, such fees were fixed by law
and the presumption was that they
were fixed upon the value of the ser
vices rendered.
Mr.. Moses failed to see the necessity
of changing the present system which
had given satisfaction for the last
century.
Messrs. Buist, Archer and Gaines
spoke in favor of the bill and Mr..
Mayfeld against it.
Mr.. Dear moved to table the motion
TO strike out the enacting words. Ills
motion prevailed by a vote OF u to 3.
a message from the governor was
received which recommended that the
claims of T. j. Mackey be considered
favorably. This was referred to the
judiciary committee.
The Senate after passing severa!
bills of no general intereft TO third
reading, adjourned over TO Thursday.
/, In the Senate on Thursday a mum
ber of new bills were presented, the
majority being similar to the House
bills. Those Of general interest are
noted below. The special order after
the reading of new bills was the crea'
ton of Dorchester County. There
were both a majority and minority
report. Both were laid over.
MIR. Mower then called up his mag
istIates' bill, in order to have incoSpo,
rated the various amendments, and
he gave notice of calling itup for ana
disposi.ion today. There twas some
sharp discussion on the motion to re
consider the vote whereby the bill
with amendments was ordered printed
Economy was urged, but the Se1at'
thought best to PRINT II and refused 10
reconsider the vote.
Mr.. Archer introduced joint reso
luton to have a committee OF oott
Houses appointed to see if the prov;ls
ions of the Act regulating the puDllt
printing had been carried out: 1t wa:
taken up by the house, and Mr., Arch
er explained that the provisions limit