The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17

81 with that Of the governor by whom
such assessors have been appointed
and until their successors have been
} appointed and qualified. The duties
, heretofore devolved upon the town
ship board OF commissioners as asses
sors shall be devolved upon the board
Of assessors herein provided for with,
IN the limits of their respective cities
and towns. The chairman of such
board of assessors shall be member of
the county board of commissioners
while performing the duties heretofore
devolved upon the county board OF
equalization.
An invitation to the senate from the
city council of Charleston to attend
the reception to be given Secretary Of
| the Navy Herbert On the 18th inst,
| and to visit the war vessels, was re-
ceived just before the hour Of adjourn
meut.
| On motion OF Mr.. Moses the presi-
| Gent Of the senate was instructed to ac-
cept the invitation and appoint q com.
nlttee On arrangements.
Mr.. Connor wished to amend by
providing that the per diem of the
senators and attaches should not be
paid that day.
Il have no objection, but consider
it mere buncombe," said Mr.. Moses.
After this hasty reply he arose
and said he did object TO the
amendment. It looked little and
picayunish and as if the peo-
| pie o. the State had no confidence IN
their representatives and were always
haggling over small amounts.
And" put il Mr. Mav6elo as Mr..
Moses took his seat, I just want TO
say that thereit no law against sana-
tor turning over his per diem to the
State treasurer # he has any Scru nles
about accepting it" Mr.. May6eld
went ca to say that the legislature was
| hard working, good tempered body
and he was sure the people Of the
Stste would not grudge them this day
off.
Mr.. Archer said when be went il
party on such trip he wished 70 go
along with digniied body OF men,
who were unsurrounded by rab5le
ana bummers. He objected to bum
mers and others because they could
save little money docking along with
the legislature.
The president appointed Messrs.
Moses, Henderson and Pettigrew a
committee of arrangement after assur-
ing Mr.. Archer that outsiders would
not be permitted to encroach upon the
privileges Of the senate on this trip.
There was nothing before the senate
for discussion after the invitation had
been accepted, so Mr.. Archer seized
the golden moment to enter a COM
plant against the beg .ars who infest
the State house grounds and the side
walks as the senators leave after ad-
iournment. He said.he was tired of
being attacked on all sides by beggars
with their tales of woe. He was will.
ing to help them, but preferred to do
so as ne saw ft. He suggested that if
the city was unable to care for them
that collection be taken up by the
senate to ship them out Of the way.
While he was in the midst Of Ais
speech ilr. 1Eagsdale rose TO point OF !
order, his point being that there WAS
nothing for discussion before the sen.
ate.
MIR. Archer deity turned the laugh
on Mr.. Rsgsdale by replying: Well,
I rise to point of personal privilege.
When Mr.. Archer had finished stating
his point OF personal privilege, Mr..
Sloan, as the representative from
Columbia, replied to him, saying It !
was sadly true that Columbia was in
tested with peggars just now, but he
understood they came from the sur.
rounding country. Some of them were
mill operatives and he was reliably in
formed that many came from the mills
in Spartanburg. He and the city would
be only too glad to have Senator |
Archer care for his own poor and send |
them home. He would aid In the
senator's proposed contribution.
In the Senate on Thursday when |
the house bill to require the sinking |
fund commission to lend funds to the
several county tTeasurers of the State,
Mr.. Mayfeld offered an amendment
10 strike out all after the enacting |
words ofthe billand insertin lieu there
of eight sections, practically making It
a new bill It provides that the COM
mission shall, whenever it is unable
TO purchase State bonds at par, lend |
the money in its hands at rate OF in.
terest not less than per cent. Such
loan shall be made upon the Sc.
curities of the several coun-
ties, or upon the note of any county
treasurer and Supervisor who shall /
make application for loan not in ex.
cess of one third of the tax levy OF
their county; said note to be paid out |
of the taxes collected for the fiscal !
year in which the money IS loaned,
with the provision that the commits
sion can renew the note fo- one year. |
Applications for these loans shall be !
received until March 1st, with the !
provision that for this year the time !
Shall extend to May 1st. The amend
ment provides a penalty for county
treasurerS violating the provisions OF
the act.
The matter disposed of at the night
session OF the senate was Cherokee
county. 1t was up for second read |
ing. Mr.. Douglass OF Union read an
affidavit from Col. James G. Giobes
stating that the area of Union county
was about 600 square miles asin Mills
atlas. The area cut off to form part OF
Cherokee county is 122 square miles
leaving but ATS square miles. The
Constitution requires that 800 square
miles shall remain in the old counties.
4 similar affidavit was read from
Col. John L Young Of Union, his
figures differing slightly from the
above. He estimated that after the
area was cut of 496 miles wou d re-
main in Union county. On this
ground Mr.. Douglass submitted The
matter to the senate for disposal.
Mr Mower on behalf of the COM
mittee submitted from Colonel Young
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